BMJ 2003;327 (1 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7422.0
Advance directives are open to different interpretations
When confronted with an advance directive, doctors take different actions. Thompson and colleagues (p 1011) presented clinicians with a hypothetical vignette of a demented patient who becomes ill with pneumonia requiring antibiotic treatment. The advance directive was interpreted differently by the interviewees, resulting in different treatments. The authors say this results from ambiguous terminology.
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