by mrsexsmith

Question by Pascha: Should doctors be “counseling” the elderly on living wills and advance directives?
The health care reform bill has a provision which would pay doctors to do this.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_end_of_life_q_a

Is this wise, considering the pressure doctors can put on patients and families to get what they want?

I have seen how doctors would like to ignore the advance directives of patients. When there is a notarized advance directive in the patient’s file and the doctor doesn’t like it, he will whip out a form of his own which he will pressure the person holding the health care power of attorney to sign. I have experienced this.

Best answer:

Answer by A concerned AMERICAN
The government should not encourage this, no.

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