Is it time for advance healthcare directives: opinion
| dc.contributor.author | Irish Council for Bioethics | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-19T13:19:10Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-19T13:19:10Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 200 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Irish Council for Biethics. 2006. Is it time for advance healthcare directives: opinion. Dublin: Irish Council of Bioethics (ICB) | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/575245 | en |
| dc.description | The role of the Irish Council for Bioethics (lCB) is to examine the ethical issues raised by developments in science and medicine and to provide information and advice on such issues in order to promote public awareness and understanding. One area where medicine and medical technologies have expanded and developed is in the field of life-sustaining treatment. Advance healthcare directives arose as a means for individuals to control their medical treatment and care in such instances. There have been a number of high-profile cases that have drawn attention to this issue among the general public. Given the interest in and concern surrounding the topics of end-of-life care and advance healthcare directives in general, and among the Irish public in particular, in addition to the relative uncertainty regarding the status of such directives in Ireland, the ICB decided to undertake a detailed examination of this subject. With this document, the ICB aims to provide a balanced and objective overview of the legal and ethical issues pertaining to the feasibility, format. content and implementation of advance healthcare directives. The document also outlines the Council's opinion and recommendations on some of these issues, particularly from an Irish perspective. It is envisaged that this opinion will facilitate further discussion and debate on the issue of advance healthcare directives and their position in Irish society. | en_GB |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Irish Council for Bioethics (ICB) | en_GB |
| dc.subject | ETHICS | en_GB |
| dc.subject | MORTALITY | en_GB |
| dc.subject | MEDICAL TREATMENT | en_GB |
| dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | en_GB |
| dc.title | Is it time for advance healthcare directives: opinion | en_GB |
| dc.type | Report | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-27T06:56:50Z |
