英国法律中的生前遗嘱。

School of Law and Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, The Strand, London, UK.

Palliat Med. 1993;7(4):283-8. doi: 10.1177/026921639300700404.

There 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.

对于无法自行表示同意的人提供维持生命治疗这一问题，存在着诸多争议。本文从法律角度审视了其中涉及的问题，并讨论了两种提议的解决方案：“预先指示”和“医疗代理”。结论是应建立一个立法框架，以便赋予预先指示法律地位。