title: Advance statements about medical treatment.
abstract: The BMA recently produced comprehensive professional guidance on advance statements and medical treatment, in the form of a Code of Practice and explanatory notes. However, some of the guidance is problematic. This article reviews various aspects of the Code and recommends its use as a set of essential explanatory notes to health-care professionals.
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authors.lastname: Feenan
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006293:Health Promotion; D006296:Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D006113:United Kingdom