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• Advance Directives (AD)<br />
• Back in 2004, the Law Reform Commission recommended the<br />
concept of AD to medical treatment.<br />
• The Government accepted the Concept of Advance Directives<br />
under the common law framework but was not prepared to make<br />
AD statutory.<br />
• AD’s implemented July, 2010<br />
• A valid AD is legally binding,<br />
• Applicable across medical institutions if its validity can be<br />
ascertained on the spot.<br />
• A proxy health care directive does not have legal status in HK<br />
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