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
  • Some physicians may refuse to honor your advance directive or your agent’s health care or treatment decision.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
  • Prepare For Your Care is a free advance directive form that is legal in all states.
    — Carolyn McClanahan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Living wills are also called health care directives and advance directives.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Psychiatric advance directives, which are not court-directed, can be useful as well.
    — Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • The advance directive can state whether or not the dying person wants resuscitation or a feeding tube.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And, of course, advance directives are unlikely to reach a universal saturation point any time soon.
    — Jacob M. Appel, STAT, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Abby, please encourage your readers to make the time and make the effort to have an advance directive drawn up, whatever their desires may be.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Today, all 50 states have advance directive laws that allow competent adults to plan ahead and put their wishes for end-of-life care in writing.
    — Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The medical power of attorney form is called an advance directive in Kentucky.
    — Sean Scott, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Levi, Winston and Jules struggled with a patient named Donna who didn’t have an advance directive — and didn’t want one, thank you very much.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Ideally, people should have an advance directive to ensure their wishes are followed, Gipson said.
    — Mark Kreidler, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Update advance directives and powers of attorney — and share them with family — to avoid emergency decision‑making in crisis mode.
    — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Having an advance directive, health care proxy, or living will, unfortunately, can be virtually useless in the face of that kind of behavior.
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • If the individual does not have an advance directive, decisions on medical care generally fall to next of kin, such as a spouse, adult children or parents.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 June 2025
  • 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
  • More perspectives on today’s topic & other resources How do psychiatric advance directives work?
    — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The case, attorneys for Ana Romero said, illustrates the need for advance directives in California.
    — Richard Winton, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 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
  • There isn’t a 25th Amendment for senators, which makes this proposal for legislative advance directives even more necessary.
    — Joseph J. Fins, STAT, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Nearly 30 states have passed laws allowing hospitals to invalidate a pregnant patient’s advance directives.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That includes having wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, beneficiary designations, trusts and proper account titling, all kept up to date.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The specific documents differ based on the size and complexity of an estate, but the core ones include a last will and testament, a durable power of attorney, a healthcare proxy or advance directive, and possibly a trust.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • 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

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