How Medical Professionals Can Tackle Barriers to Honoring a Patient's Advance Directive

This paper on advanced directives explores ethical considerations, the role of nurses in facilitating patient requests, and reasons advanced directives might be ignored. The student identifies a tension between understanding of roles and rights between doctors and patients and an absence of communication between patients and families as regards the patient's desires; the student warns against the adverse effects of legal punishment and feels that medical professionals should continue developing clear expectations oriented around ethics.
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