title: An alert and incompetent self. The irrelevance of advance directives.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dresser
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Astrow
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012297:Right to Die; D035501:Uncertainty