This analysis of the law's approach to healthcare decision-making critiques its liberal
foundations in respect of three categories of people: adults with capacity, adults without …

Tort Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers a clear, thorough, and engaging guide to tort law.
The author's clarity of expression enables the reader to gain a secure understanding of the …

For many hundreds of years, the law has been concerned with the task of making decisions
for adults lacking legal capacity. 1 For much of this time, these decisions have been made …

Research effort into what a 'good death'entails has generally concentrated on six themes:
pain and symptom management; clear decision-making; preparation for death; completion; …

This paper explores the 'right to autonomy'for people with dementia. The provisions of the
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) sought to allow more decisions to be made by those who …

A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient. The
clinicians and the patient's family confront a difficult choice: to treat or not to treat? Decisions …

This paper presents the results of a qualitative interview study exploring English and French
physicians' moral perspectives and attitudes towards end-of-life decisions when patients …

• At common law, a competent adult can refuse life-sustaining medical treatment, either
contemporaneously or through an advance directive which will operate at a later time when …

In October 1970, the heads of state of what was known at the time as the European
Economic Community proclaimed:“[A] united Europe must be founded upon the common …

In Western societies advance directives are widely recognised as important means to extend
patient self-determination under circumstances of incapacity. Following other countries …