title: Health care decision-making for others--no easy answers.
abstract: This Article introduces a Symposium on the topic of advance medical directive. It provides a brief history of living wills, and then generally discusses the difficulties associated with clearly defining an individual's healthcare wishes in advance of the onset of health problems.
authors.affiliation: Estates & Trusts Practice Group, Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, LLP, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence