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 Start the Conversation: The Modern Maturity Guide to End-of-Life Care Excerpt from the article "Taking Control Now" from the AARP The first advance directives were designed by the organization Choice in Dying (now the Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying) in 1967, although the idea did not gain popularity until the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan won a long legal battle to disconnect her from respiratory support in 1976. Some 75% of Americans favor advance directives - although only 30-35% actually write them. An estimated 35% of advance directives cannot be found when needed.  |
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