Lush D
J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1993 Jul;27(3):274-7.
Advance directives are documents which enable people to decide what will happen to them, or who will make decisions on their behalf, if a time comes when they are no longer able to participate in discussions or decisions about their own health care. This paper briefly examines the underlying philosophy of advance directives, and the manner in which they have evolved in the United States. It concludes by considering their legal status in the United Kingdom which, until recently, was not entirely clear.
预先指示是一些文件，它们使人们能够决定如果有一天他们不再能够参与关于自身医疗保健的讨论或决策时，自己将会怎样，或者谁将代表他们做出决策。本文简要探讨了预先指示的基本理念，以及它们在美国的发展方式。文章最后考虑了它们在英国的法律地位，而直到最近，其法律地位还不完全明确。
