Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-28-2022
Graduation Year
2023
Abstract
Advance directives enable patients to specify which medical treatment they do and do not want to receive ahead of time if they cannot make such a determination, including the refusal or ending of life support when the time to act on such a decision arises. There are two types of advance directives: (1) living wills where a patient lists their treatment preferences and (2) creating a health care power of attorney which vests the decision-making authority in a proxy. Since the creation of advance directives in 1976, all fifty states have adopted their own laws on advance directives.
This post was originally published on the Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review on March 28, 2022. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.
Recommended Citation
Shuman, Simone, "Advanced Directives and Pregnancy: A Comparison Between the US and Ireland" (2022). Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review Blog. 44.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/ciclr-online/44
