ests stated in the living will were highly ambiguous and provided no guide as to what to do in this particular situation?
10. Do physicians and family members significantly differ in the extent to which they view each of the just delineated reasons as contributors to noncompliance?
So that the proposed study may be fully understood, the following key terms are here defined:
Advanced Directives: As used in the study, the advanced directive is a wider concept of an individual's right to request non-prolongation of life under certain circumstances; advanced directives subsume the living will (Erin & Harris, 1994). Advance directives were developed as instruments enabling patients to convey their wishes with regard to important treatment attempts after the patients lost their decision making capacity; these directives are based on well established principles in ethics and the law, and have been strongly endorsed by the healthcare profession and the lay public (Erin & Harris, 1994).
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