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Advance directives in family practice.

Abstract

Family physicians can play an important role in helping patients and their families to discuss life-sustaining treatments and to complete advance directives. This article reviews the legal status of, and empirical studies on, advance directives and addresses some important clinical questions about their use relevant to family practice.

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Keywords: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Criminal Code of Canada; Death and Euthanasia

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Year: 1993 PMID： 8499789 PMCID： PMC2379660

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Fam Physician ISSN： 0008-350X Impact factor: 3.275

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