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ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

Regulatory/Authoritative Sites

American Geriatrics Society. Guidelines and Position Statements

AGS Ethics Committee. Making treatment decisions for incapacitated elderly patients without advance directives.

AGS Ethics Committee. Physician assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia.

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA).

• Resource Library
• White Pages
• Policy Papers and Position Statements

Innovations in End-of-Life Care - http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/

Last Acts Partnership (Merger of previously known Partnership for Caring and Last Acts)
Advance Directive Documents State-specific: Documents and instructions for every state can be opened as a PDF file. Click on "Advance Directives: Download State Specific Documents."

Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association

National Gerontological Nursing Association

The Gerontological Society of America

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Last updated - July 2005

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