title: [Advance directives in Switzerland: brief analysis on ethical perspectives].
abstract: The author describes the political atmosphere in Switzerland which accepts the principle of advanced directives. Until now only a few cantons have legally defined the advanced directives. At the present, during the revision of common law and especially the revision of the guardianship law, the parliament is discussing a chapter dedicated to advanced directives. In this way the statute of advanced directive will be the same in all cantons. The author underlines the importance/necessity and the partiality of the principle of autonomy in this field.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Theologie und Religionswissenschaften der Universität von Lausanne. alberto.bondolfi@unil.ch
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bondolfi
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011057:Politics; D013557:Switzerland