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ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

Journal Articles

Sabatino, C. P. (1994). 10 legal myths about advance directives. American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. Retrieved June 14, 2004 from http://www.abanet.org/aging/myths.html

Allen, R. S., DeLaine, S. R., Chaplin, W. F., et al. (2003). Advance care planning in nursing homes: Correlates of capacity and possession of advance directives. The Gerontologist, 43, 309-317.

Volicer, L., & Ganzini, L. (2003). Health professionals' views on standards for decision-making capacity regarding refusal of medical treatment in mild Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51, 1270-1274.

Happ, M. B., Capezuti, E., Strumpf, N. E., et al. (2002).Advance care planning and end-of-life care for hospitalized nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(5), 829-835.

Mezey, M., Mitty, E., & Ramsey, G. (1997).  Assessment of decision-making capacity: Nurse's role. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 23(3), 28-35.

Mezey, M., Teresi, J., Ramsey, G., Mitty, E., & Bobrowitz, T. (2000). Decision-making capacity to execute a health care proxy: Development and testing of guidelines. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48, 179-187.

Mezey, M. D., Mitty, E. L., Bottrell, M. M., Ramsey, G. C., & Fisher, T. (2000). Advance directives: Older adults with dementia. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 16, 255-268.

Last updated - January 2005