Many individuals, especially younger and healthier ones, do not have an advanced directive despite recognizing its importance.

“And my guess is virtually nobody who's young and healthy has one. That's true. I mean, virtually anyone who's older and isn't healthy has one. Exactly. I mean, you know, we ask these questions in studies and also just casually if you give a talk, say, how many people have an advanced directive? You know, maybe 20% of people raise their hand. How many people think an advanced directive is really important? Like most people raise their hand. So there's a none of us, many of us are not doing the thing we know we're supposed to do.”