question so everybody listening can understand what we are and are not talking about here. what we are talking about, you use the phrase advance directives that let the patient determine what measures should or should not be taken in an end of life context. this has nothing to do with the government mandating what steps will or will not be taken is that correct? that is absolutely correct. yeah. this is a completely voluntary discussion that would go on between a physician, the family, and a patient, about treatment options. i think as the doctor mentioned, you know today only about 20% to 30% of the population has an advance directive. before i could really put together an advance directive for myself i need to know what types of options would be avail to me in a trauma case as was mentioned. what are the options? what are prospects for living? what are impacts on the quality of of my life? i as an empowered consumer can t think through the options clearly unless i have the type of
this is a part of taking care of a patient. we should be talking about this. i signed my advance directives for my own self in my early 50s. i think we should probably be talking about this to people in their 20s, 30s. the situations called rise, arise, where they might be in an accident or something and they wouldn t want to be kept alive on a machine. this is something that should be addressed constantly. doctor, i want to ask a question so everybody listening can understand what we are and are not talking about here. what we are talking about, you use the phrase advance directives that let the patient determine what measures should or should not be taken in an end of life context. this has nothing to do with the government mandating what steps will or will not be taken is that correct? that is absolutely correct. yeah. this is a completely voluntary discussion that would go on between a physician, the family, and a patient, about treatment options. i think as the doctor mentione