Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Aug 2004
Models of advance directives in mental health care: stakeholder views.
The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of the place of advance directives in mental health care. ⋯ There is a wide range of views in all stakeholder groups about the possible form advance directives should take. Although there is a widespread desire to increase patient involvement in treatment decisions, which advance directives could possibly help to realise, they may also have unwanted consequences for mental health services and individuals.