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A Survey of Stakeholder Knowledge, Experience, and Opinions of Advance Directives for Mental Health in Virginia
- In: Administration and Policy in Mental Health
- By: Wilder CM, Swanson JW, Bonnie RJ, Wanchek T, McLaughlin L, and Richardson J
- Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- Published: 1/13/2012
An innovative Virginia health care law enables competent adults with serious mental illness to plan for treatment during incapacitating crises using an integrated advance directive with no legal distinction between psychiatric or other causes of decisional incapacity.
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