Second Thoughts on Living Wills
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Hastings Center Report
- Vol. 21 (6) , 6-9
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3562355
Abstract
Advance directives such as living wills are attractive in that they give us a sense of control over our futures. But they also tend to obscure conflicts between a patient's competent wishes and later, incompetent interests. They allow caregivers to avoid evaluating quality of life in assessing the best interests of incompetent patients.Keywords
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