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Generally, advance health care directives are legal documents by

Recalling that Terri Schiavo had no advance health care directive in place at the time of her tragic incapacitation, then, what issues did her sad saga raise about illness, incapacitation, and impending death that most or all advance directives fail to address?

In the wake of the Cruzan decision, many are advocating widespread discussions of advance health care directives by physicians with their patients.

That means that standard advance health care directives, which dictate decision-making in times of crisis, aren't always the right fit.

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Through Nea's Senior Law Day program, more than 450 low income seniors a year receive assistance with the provision of wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives. "This is priceless," Watson said.

In 1991 the Federal Patient Self-Determination Act formally required hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations and other health care institutions to check for and provide information about advance health care directives to adult patients upon their admission to the facility.