TY - JOUR T1 - Advance care planning: Beyond the living will JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 276 LP - 285 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.07002 VL - 76 IS - 5 AU - Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport AU - Elizabeth E. Baum AU - Martin L. Smith Y1 - 2009/05/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/5/276.abstract N2 - For a variety of reasons, the most commonly used advance directive documents (eg, the living will) may not be very useful in many situations that older adults encounter. The durable power of attorney for health care is a more versatile document. We advocate focusing less on "signing away" certain interventions and more on clarifying the goals of care in the ambulatory setting. ER -