Overriding advance refusals of life-sustaining medical treatment

Willmott, Lindy, White, Benjamin P., & Howard, Michelle T. (2006) Overriding advance refusals of life-sustaining medical treatment. Medicine and Law, 25, p. 647.

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Abstract

This paper explores the excuses upon which health professionals can rely at common law and under Australian legislation to decline to follow valid advance directives that refuse life-sustaining medical treatment.

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ID Code:	16968
Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Advance directives, End of life decision-making, Adult guardianship law, Living wills
ISSN:	0723-1393
Subjects:	Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (180000) > LAW (180100) > Law not elsewhere classified (180199) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (180000) > OTHER LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES (189900)
Divisions:	Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Law Current > Research Centres > Law and Justice Research Centre Current > Schools > School of Law
Copyright Owner:	Copyright 2006 Medicine & Law
Deposited On:	18 Dec 2008 10:44
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2013 13:34

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