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Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis

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This chapter considers (1) the normative justification for the advance directive movement and, in light of that, its ultimate goal; (2) how the movement has failed to achieve this goal; and (3) the impact of the movement on the physician-patient relationship. While acknowledging the understandable disappointment of the advance directive movement’s most ardent supporters and the well-aimed critiques of many of its detractors, I argue that the movement itself has been a startling success in its impact on the physician-patient relationship—serving as a catalyst for a dramatic metamorphosis.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank David Essi, MA, for his work in formatting this chapter and, along with David, Nicole Deming, JD, MA, Jason Gatliff, Ph.D., and Monica Gerrek, Ph.D., for good conversation that helped shape the contents of this chapter.

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  1. Center for Biomedical Ethics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Mark P. Aulisio Ph.D.

  2. Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Mark P. Aulisio Ph.D.

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  3. Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Aulisio, M.P. (2014). Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis. In: Lack, P., Biller-Andorno, N., Brauer, S. (eds) Advance Directives. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7377-6_8

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