title: Proxy law in New York State and Victoria, Australia: a social work perspective.
abstract: Both the State of New York and Victoria, Australia, have enacted health care proxy legislation in the past two years. The provisions are similar, although there is some difference in detail. This article reviews and compares the health proxy laws in each of these two states.
authors.affiliation: Law Reform Commission, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D009518:New York; D012947:Social Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014739:Victoria