title: Innovative solutions: taking advance directives to the community.
abstract: Less than 25% of Americans have completed an advance directive. This article lists some of the barriers to why people do not have advanced directives and concludes with a description of a program by one hospital to educate the public about the importance of these documents.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nursing Innovation, CHRISTUS Hospital, Beaumont, Texas 77710, USA. rmresearch@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ruthie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eagen
authors.forename: Tammy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003153:Community Health Services; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013781:Texas