How to Use advance directive in a Sentence

advance directive

noun

• With the new law in place, health care providers still must check for a patient’s advance directive or power of attorney.
  — Mark Kreidler, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
• But the most important document in the binder is your advance directive.
  — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
• Many clients are concerned about how their advance directive, also known as a living will or physician’s directive, works in times like these.
  — Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2020
• Only 25% have documented their end-of-life wishes in the form of an advance directive, and less than 20% discussed those wishes with their healthcare provider.
  — Jessica Gold, Time, 30 Mar. 2020
• Here’s the lowdown on how involuntary holds work, how to protect yourself and where to get that template to start your psychiatric advance directive.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• Read about how to prepare healthcare advance directives.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The case, attorneys for Ana Romero said, illustrates the need for advance directives in California.
  — Richard Winton, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Understand, this new statute does not refer to feeding tubes, which is a medical treatment that can be refused legally by advance directive in all 50 states.
  — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, 19 Nov. 2019
• And, of course, advance directives are unlikely to reach a universal saturation point any time soon.
  — Jacob M. Appel, STAT, 9 Jan. 2020
• The medical power of attorney form is called an advance directive in Kentucky.
  — Sean Scott, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022
• Living wills are also called health care directives and advance directives.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2020
• The guest speaker is a local attorney who will discuss living trusts, wills, advance directives and power of attorney.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
• Psychiatric advance directives, which are not court-directed, can be useful as well.
  — Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• The Illinois Department of Public Health offers online resources to those looking to prepare an advance directive, designate a health care proxy or draw up a living will.
  — Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
• The Illinois Department of Public Health offers online resources to those looking to prepare an advance directive, designate a health care proxy or draw up a living will.
  — Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
• The need to have clear advance directives and discussions about life support is critical and realistic for all of us always, but especially now.
  — Jessica Gold, Time, 30 Mar. 2020
• Ideally, people should have an advance directive to ensure their wishes are followed, Gipson said.
  — Mark Kreidler, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
• The city of LaCrosse, Wisconsin began a coordinated effort to encourage advance directives in the 1980s.
  — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• About 45 percent of older people have completed advance directives, which often specify that doctors should not take extreme measures to prolong life.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Did Bovier want to write an advance directive that would instruct doctors about intubation, CPR and other lifesaving measures, to save her children from deciding those issues in an emergency?
  — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2021
• Charities, advance directives and odds and ends For many people, especially dual-income couples with no kids who might have substantial assets to spread around, this is the moment to discuss charitable bequests.
  — John Schwartz, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2018
• Drafting an advance directive is an exercise in liberty.
  — Hui Yun Chan, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2019
• Learn about advance directives, living wills, medical power of attorney, and out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders.
  — Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2018
• The hospital will train staff in obtaining information about advance directives, health care proxies, and surrogate decision-makers, according to the correction plans.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2020
• The organization End of Life Washington has created a 23-page dementia advance directive.
  — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
• For example, residents at Massachusetts General Hospital decided to complete advance directives and assign health care proxies during their shifts at work.
  — Jessica Gold, Time, 30 Mar. 2020
• That situation isn’t easily addressed in advance directive.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2020
• Herbst will provide free 30-minute personal appointments to answer questions related to completing legal documents such as advance directives and durable power of attorney, as well as homeowner association, credit or other issues.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Carlsbad attorney Jeff Herbst offers free 30-minute personal appointments to answer questions about completing legal documents such as advance directives, durable power of attorney, as well as homeowner association, credit or other issues.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Carlsbad attorney Jeff Herbst will provide free 30-minute personal appointments to answer questions relating to legal documents regarding advance directives, durable power of attorney, homeowner association, credit and other issues.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018

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