Making treatment decisions for the future: advance directives and the question of legislative clarity.

Christie, Sarah; Anderson, Maggie

Abstract

This article sets out to consider the extent to which advance directives can be used as an effective means to entrench personal autonomy, and, in the light of their statutory form in numerous other jurisdictions, consider the various approaches which are currently used abroad to determine whether Scotland, which at present has no legislation entrenching their use, would benefit from such an approach.

Citation

CHRISTIE, S. and ANDERSON, M. 2013. Making treatment decisions for the future: advance directives and the question of legislative clarity. Journal of medical law and ethics [online], 1(2) pages 85-109. Available from: https://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/reader/9349/8498

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 30, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Nov 30, 2013
• Publication Date: Nov 30, 2013
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Journal of medical law and ethics
• Print ISSN: 2213-5405
• Electronic ISSN: 2214-5354
• Publisher: Paris Legal Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85-109
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7590/221354013X13823631596237
• Keywords: Advance directives; Personal autonomy; Scotland
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1071
• Publisher URL: https://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/reader/9349/8498
• Additional Information: The DOI for this article no longer works, as the original publisher appears to have removed the content from their site. The URL in the citation is still functional and links to a different publisher who now appears to host the journal content.