- Title
- Legal and ethical issues surrounding advance care directives in Australia: implications for the advance care planning document in the Australian My Health Record
- Creator
- McCarthy, Shaun; Meredith, Jacqueline; Bryant, Lucy; Hemsley, Bronwyn
- Relation
- Journal of Law and Medicine Vol. 25, Issue 25JLM136, p. 136-149
- Publisher
- Lawbook
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- This article reviews legal and scientific literature relating to Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Advance Care Directives (ACDs) in Australia, for information about (a) opportunities or benefits of ACP and ACDs and (b) risks, barriers or difficulties in relation to ACP and ACDs. These are discussed in relation to (c) the implications for uptake use and benefit of storage in the My Health Record's Advance Care Planning Document.
- Subject
- advance care directive; advance care planning; end of life care; electronic health records; health literacy; legal literacy; health; dying; decision making; health making
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1385477
- Identifier
- uon:32233
- Identifier
- ISSN:1320-159X
- Language
- eng
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