Five Big Myths of Advance Care Planning and How to Stay Anchored in Reality

Check out this Complimentary Teleconference sponsored by the ABA Health Law Section and the ABA Commission on Law and Aging

Tuesday, April 13 at 2:00pm Central

This complimentary teleconference will address the five biggest myths that plague advance care planning and how to steer clear of them and make advance care planning more effective.

Myths:

–People should use their state’s official advance directive form
–Advance directives are legally binding so doctors have to follow them;
–An advance directive should include as specific instructions as possible;
–Doing everything possible for dad means keeping dad alive at all costs;
–A written advance directive is better than talk.

Since the mid-1970s, health care advance directives have become the central legal tool to make sure one’s health care wishes are known in a formal way and, it is hoped, followed. However, clinical realities and the medical-social sciences literature over the last 30 years cast doubt on the effectiveness of advance directives. The reality is that directives are just a part of a process of advance care planning that requires more than just a form and a signature. Sometimes forms get in the way.

Panelists:

    * Richard Payne, MD, Professor of Medicine and Divinity,
    * Esther Colliflower Director, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University Divinity School
    * Charles P. Sabatino, J.D., Director of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging

To participate please contact Simeon Carson, Membership, Technology and Publication Specialist, at:
carsons@staff.abanet.org or (312) 988-5824.

Please note: The ABA is not requesting CLE accreditation for this program. However, if interested, you may be able to apply for credit directly with your state bar(s). Please contact your state bar for regulations and guidelines. A complete listing of states that require mandatory CLE is available at http://www.abanet.org/cle/manstates.html