TY - GEN digital ID - 131522099 TI - Advance Directives AU - Lack, Peter AU - Biller-Andorno, Nikola AU - Brauer, Susanne PY - 2014 SN - 9789400773776 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Professional ethics. Deontology KW - General ethics KW - Hygiene. Public health. Protection KW - volksgezondheid KW - ethiek KW - deontologie KW - medische ethiek UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131522099 AB - This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations. Although advance directives have been widely discussed since the 1980s, the ethical bases of advance directives still remain a matter of heated debates. The book aims to contribute to these controversial debates by integrating fundamental ethical issues on advance directives with practical matters of their implementation. Cultural, national and professional differences in how advance directives are understood by health care professions and by patients, as well as in laws and regulations, are pinpointed. ER -