Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Empowerment of the older patient? A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion and use of advance directives.
To see if an educational intervention directed at older outpatients would lead to increased use or discussion of advance directives and to characterize patients' reasons for not obtaining advance directives. ⋯ Promoting advance directive use is a complicated task. Barriers other than information and access to documents appear to be involved and need to be addressed in future efforts.