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Vol. 59 No. 5 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2010.200
L'attuale situazione giuridica in tema di Dichiarazioni Anticipate di Trattamento (DAT) nell'ambito del contesto europeo e delle singole legislazioni degli Stati europei
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The contribution compares the different existing approaches to advance health care directives within the European context, and explores the possibility of reaching a deeper consensus on this subject among countries. In the context of the current controversy about the role, efficacy, and unefficacy of advance directives of treatment, the aim of this paper is to present an analysis of the legal status of advance directives in the European context and some European countries. At present, the legal status of advance directives in the domestic legislation of European states is very disparate. In this regard, four groups of countries are distinguished in the paper: 1. Countries having passed specific laws to provide that advance directives are prima facie binding, that is, they may be overridden only for compelling reasons (United Kingdom, Austria, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Finland, Germany); 2. Countries where specific laws on the issue have been adopted in recent years, but assigning a merely advisory value to advance directives (France); 3. Countries where there is no specific legislation yet, but which are planning to introduce it in the next few years (Switzerland, Italy); 4. Countries where there is no specific legislation yet and which do not have any concrete plans to introduce it in the coming years (Norway, Portugal, Greece, Serbia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey).
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L’attuale situazione giuridica in tema di Dichiarazioni Anticipate di Trattamento (DAT) nell’ambito del contesto europeo e delle singole legislazioni degli Stati europei. (2010). Medicina E Morale, 59(5). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2010.200
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