title: The physician's role in completing advance directives: ensuring patients' capacity to make healthcare decisions in advance.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wenger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halpern
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D028761:Withholding Treatment