title: Durable power of attorney versus the advance directive: who wins, who suffers?
authors.affiliation: Wellmont Holston Valley Palliative Medicine Service and Eastern Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baumrucker
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D028701:Patient Rights; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States