title: Compliance with advance directives: a legal view.
abstract: An Advance Medical Directive is a fairly new legal, medical, ethical, and social concept. Advances in modern medical technology have prompted more interest in ordinary citizens having such a document. Today life can be prolonged in situations which 50 years ago would have resulted in death. This provides an opportunity for citizens (patients) to face choices about measures to prolong life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Carlow College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Burt
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States