title: Advance directives: overcoming reluctance and getting them done.
abstract: Why do less than 10% of healthy adults have them? Why do less than 20% of frail elders have them? If we examine the incentives and the disincentives adults feel to complete advance directives, we can focus our educational efforts for maximal effect and get this important work done.
authors.affiliation: Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Volk-Craft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona; D019090:Case Management; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States