Making Sense of Advance Directives

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One: Introduction.- Two: Treatment Refusal and the Patient's Choice: Foundations in History, Law, and Ethics.- Three: The "Future Factor": Conceptual Foundations of Advance Directives.- Four: Advance Directives: Current Forms, Legal Fears, Moral Goals.- Five: When Choices Fail.- Six: The Forecast for Advance Directives: Indispensable or Superfluous?.- Bibliography: Books and Articles.- Bibliography: Cases and Statutes.- Appendix: Advance Directive Statutes, State-by-State Listing.