Philosophical implications of the use of advance statements (living wills).
The growing prevalence of advance statements represents an important shift away from paternalistic care. Patients' willingness to begin to take more personal responsibility for their own health, and demand for a collaborative partnership with healthcare professionals, is evidence of a new paradigm. In this article, the concepts of rights, values and personhood are used to analyse the ethical issues raised by advance statements.
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Leicestershire and Rutland Health Care NHS Trust.
D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom