Emerging legislation in Europe on the legal status of advance directives and medical decision-making with respect to an incompetent patient ('living-wills')

European Journal of Health Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-188

  Nys, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EUROPE; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030745831     PISSN: 09290273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. King, N., (1991) Making sense of advance directives Kluwer: p. 95.
2. King, N., (1991) Making sense of advance directives p. 95. idem.
3. House of Lords, Session 1993-94, Report of the Select Committee on Medical Ethics, London, HMSO, 1994, 7.
4. Fennell Ph., (1994) "Statutory authority to treat, relatives and treatment proxies", Med.L.Rev.: 32.
5. Fennell Ph., Med.L.Rev.: idem, 43
6. Grubb A, "Introduction" in Grubb A., (ed) (1994) Decision-making and problems of incompetence, John Wiley: p. 1
7. King, N., 65-66
8. Ryan C.J. (1996) "Betting your life : an argument against certain advance directives", Journal of Medical Ethics: 96.
9. Luttrell S. (1996) Sommerville A. (1996) "Limiting risks by curtailing rights : a response to Dr. Ryan", Journal of Medical Ethics: 100-101
10. King, 77.
11. Law Commission, Mental Incapacity, London, HMSO, 1995, 70, § 5.12.
12. Stern K. (1994) "Advance directives", Medical Law Review, 1: 65-66.
13. Law Commission, 1995, 71, §5.14.
14. idem.
15. House of Lords, op.cit., p.43, 209.
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17. House of Lords, nr.264-265
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19. Markenstein L.F. (1995) "The codification in the Netherlands of the principle rights of patients : a critical review", Eur.Journal Health Law, 1: 37. idem.
20. Kokkonen P. (1994) "The New Finnish Law on the Status and Rights of a Patient", European Journal of Health Law: 127-135.
21. See for an English translation of this law, Bulletin of Medical Ethics, 1994, no.84, 8-11.
22. Bulletin of Medical Ethics, idem, 131.
23. see the English translation in International Digest of Health Legislation, 1992, 767.
24. International Digest of Health Legislation, 1992, 767. idem.
25. Morris A., 9.