Living will legislation: between advance healthcare directives and advance care planning, which is the better way to go

Following drawn out, contentious parliamentary deliberations, the Italian legislature has enacted bill n.219/17, meant to regulate advance healthcare directives. The letter's authors are critical of some key aspects relative to advance directives, contending that it would be preferable to opt f...

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Published inClinica terapeutica Vol. 171; no. 1; p. e46
Main Authors di Luca, A, Consalvo, F, Varone, M C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.01.2021
Subjects
Advance Care Planning - legislation & jurisprudence
Advance Directives - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Italy
Living Wills - legislation & jurisprudence
Italy
Advance directives
Advance care planning
End-of-life care
Prognosis
Physician–patient relations
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Summary:Following drawn out, contentious parliamentary deliberations, the Italian legislature has enacted bill n.219/17, meant to regulate advance healthcare directives. The letter's authors are critical of some key aspects relative to advance directives, contending that it would be preferable to opt for advance care planning, which enables already severely ill patients who are fully aware of the consequences of their disease to choose what therapeutic pathway to undertake.
ISSN:1972-6007
DOI:10.7417/CT.2021.2279