Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Sep 2010
[Grade of knowledge about the advance directive document by the chronic patient who comes to the emergency department].
To evaluate the patient's and their caregiver's knowledge of the advance directive document (ADD) in patients with chronic diseases who come to the emergency department due to decompensation and their caregivers. To discover the patient's willingness and associated factors to draw up an ADD. ⋯ There is poor patient and carer knowledge regarding the ADD among patients with chronic diseases. Nonetheless, almost half of patients would be willing to draw up an ADD. EDs can contribute to improve the information about it.