Specialist healthcare law: palliative care.
In this new series of articles, the implications of legal issues in healthcare will be explored using scenarios to give examples of the topic in question. In this first article, based on palliative care, the use of advance decisions (living wills) is explored and the legal requirements are discussed.
Dimond
Bridgit
B
University of Glamorgan.
D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012151:Resuscitation; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom