• Palliative medicine · Jan 1993

    Living wills in English law.

    • K Stern.
    • School of Law and Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, The Strand, London, UK.
    • Palliat Med. 1993 Jan 1; 7 (4): 283288283-8.

    AbstractThere is considerable debate surrounding the provision of life-sustaining treatment to those unable themselves to give consent. This article examines the issues involved from a legal perspective, and discusses two proposed solutions: the 'advance directive' and the 'health care proxy'. It is concluded that a legislative framework should be set up in order to give advance directives a legal status.

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