Advance medical directives : a report by the National Medical Ethics Committee
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1995
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This Committee report recommends that legislation on Advance Medical Directives is required to provide patients with the legal means to continue to exercise autonomy over their medical treatment even when they are incompetent and in the final stages of their terminal illness. Procedures and safeguards have been proposed to prevent misuse or abuse of the legislation.
Subjects
Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects Terminally ill--Legal status, laws, etc.--Singapore Informed consent (Medical law)--Singapore Do-not-resuscitate orders--Law and legislation--Singapore Medical ethics--Singapore Advance directives (Medical care)--SiCategories
Advance directives (Medicine) LawAdditional Details
- Title
- Advance medical directives : a report by the National Medical Ethics Committee
- Subject
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- Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects
- Terminally ill--Legal status, laws, etc.--Singapore
- Informed consent (Medical law)--Singapore
- Do-not-resuscitate orders--Law and legislation--Singapore
- Medical ethics--Singapore
- Advance directives (Medical care)--Si
- Publisher
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- The Committee, 1995
- National Library Board Singapore, 1995
- Contributors
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- National Medical Ethics Committee
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, [159] p.
- Table of Contents
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- Executive summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The basis for the advance medical directive -- 3 The need for legislation today -- 4 Legislation will not result in euthanasia -- 5 How an advance medical directive can be made -- 6 How an advance medical directive takes effect -- 7 Public education needed -- 8 Safeguards proposed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.