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PAD Stories

"This time, with a PAD, I did not receive any treatments that I did not want. They were very respectful.  I really felt like the hospital took better care of me because I had my PAD. In fact, I think it's the best care that I've ever received.” Click for more...

 
Home arrow FAQs arrow If a part of my PAD can't be followed does that mean all of it will be ignored?
If a part of my PAD can't be followed does that mean all of it will be ignored? PDF Print E-mail

No.  Your PAD will be followed as closely as circumstances and the law allow.

 
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The National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives is a collaboration between The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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