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Promoting advance care planning (ACP) in community health clinics in Israel: Perceptions of older adults with pro-ACP attitudes and their family physicians.

Adi FinkelsteinShirli ResnizkyYafit CohenRandi GarberRuth KannaiYisrael KatzOhad Avni
Published in: Palliative & supportive care (2022)
A pro-advanced care planning attitude is not enough for patients to complete the process of creating an advance directive; patients need active encouragement and intervention in order to turn their ideas into action. More patient and physician education are necessary to enable patients to protect their right to self-determination in end-of-life medical decision-making and to support physicians as facilitators of the process.
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