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Widespread Misinterpretation of Advance Directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments Threatens Patient Safety and Causes Undertreatment and Overtreatment

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Mirarchi, Ferdinando DO, FAAEM, FACEP∗,†; Pope, Thaddeus Mason JD, PhD, HEC-C‡

Thaddeus Pope, PhD co-authored “Widespread Misinterpretation of Advance Directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments Threatens Patient Safety and Causes Undertreatment and Overtreatment” in the August 2023 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety.

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