title: [Last words? From the search to the obligation of laws to the attitude to death].
abstract: By means of living wills the attitude towards dying reaches a serious degree of ethical reflection which should have precise implications for later actions. This option can be distinguished from the trust in the normative logic of clinical and care institutions and from the illusionary wish to be delivered by a sudden death from the experience of dependency and loss of self-determination.
authors.affiliation: Katholische Universität Löwen. walter.lesch@uclouvain.be
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lesch
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D026684:Personal Autonomy