Bioethics: advance directive (consultation paper) [Report]
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The Thérèse Brady Library | 174.2 LRC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00004282 | ||
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The Thérèse Brady Library | LIB | Not for loan |
The Report forms part of the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014, and recommends that there is a need for legislation to cater for people who make advance care directives concerning refusal of treatment, whether verbally or in writing. The main benefit of the proposed legislation is that it would assist those who would like to plan their medical treatment, in particular what future medical interventions they do not want. It would also assist health care professionals who are currently faced with making decisions without a legal framework. In a 2003 survey conducted of Irish physicians, about 25% said they had dealt with patients who had made advance care directives
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