Innovative solutions: taking advance directives to the community.
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.
Robinson
Ruthie
R
Center for Nursing Innovation, CHRISTUS Hospital, Beaumont, Texas 77710, USA. rmresearch@hotmail.com
Eagen
Mary K
MK
Price
Tammy J
TJ
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