Tammy Duckworth, an injured veteran who is the assistant secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, said the manual is still under revision and has not officially been “reinstated.”
She said it was one of many options for injured veterans, calling it “simply a tool.”
Tammy Duckworth is simply a tool....along with Shinseki, and Cleland before them.
Read the VHA handbook on Advanced Directives from July 2009 here.
http://www.ethics.va.gov/docs/policy/VHA_Handbook_1004-02_Advance_Care_Planning_20090702.pdf