Determining the validity of advance directives
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 172 (11) , 545-548
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124103.x
Abstract
We examine the ethical principles underpinning advance directives (ADs) and the legal duties of doctors in determining their validity. A physician attending an incompetent patient with an acute life...Keywords
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