RT Article
T1 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, AUTONOMY AND UNINTENDED DEATH
JF Bioethics
VO 8
IS 3
SP 223
OP 246
A1 Stone, Jim
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1994
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1781875766
AB This Paper argues that Living wills are typically nebulous and confused documents that do not effectively enable you to determine your future treatment. Worse, signing a living will can end your life in ways you never intended, long before you are either incompetent or terminally ill. This danger is compounded by the fact that those who implement living wills are often themselves dangerously confused, so that, for example, they cannot be relied upon to distinguish living wills from DNR orders. In addition, the Paper argues that advance directives concerning resuscitation are often so confused that they end the lives of healthy, alert people who have not suffered cardiac or pulmonary arrest. Finally, the paper argues that advance directives establishing durable power of attorney for health care often preserve the chief dangers of living wills. Suggestions are offered as to how you can most effectively direct your future treatment without endangering your life.
DO 10.1111/j.1467-8519.1994.tb00256.x