New advance care planning laws - communicating your future healthcare decisions
Presented on 21 February 2017
- What is advance care planning and why is it important?
- The role of law in advance care planning
- Advance care planning options
- Key changes to advance care planning documents, including the introduction of new binding instructional directives and values directives.
- What the new law means for people responsible for making medical decisions for family members or loved ones who can no longer make their own decisions.
- How people can use the new law to best ensure that their future medical treatment is guided by their own preferences and values
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Contemplating and communicating your future healthcare wishes
Presented on 20 April 2015
- What is advance care planning and why is it important?
- The role of law in advance care planning
- Advance care planning options
- Appointing a substitute decision-maker
- Recording your wishes in writing, including Refusal of Treatment Certificates and other advance care directives
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