ACP encourages adults to document health care decisions in advan...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 04/01/2008 - 23:00

The American College of Physicians is participating in National Healthcare Decisions Day. Set for April 16, 2008, the initiative encourages all adults with decision-making capacity in the United States to talk to their family or doctor about their wishes, consider appointing a proxy, or document their health care wishes in a living will, and for providers and facilities to respect those decisions.

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