Advanced directives: open issues

<p>BACKGROUND In Italy Advanced directives have not been regulated by law yet. Moreover, there is a confusion of concepts: advanced directives, refusal of treatment, medical futility and euthanasia are not synonymous.<br />DISCUSSION The following aspects are then discussed: object of di...

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Main Author: Gabriella Negrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/319