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- Page 5 and 6: MEMBERSHIPThe Law Reform Commission
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- Page 9 and 10: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Commission woul
- Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3ADVANCE CARE DIRE
- Page 13: TABLE OF LEGISLATIONAct on the Stat
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decision in In re a Ward of Court (
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have recognised that both rights ar
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favour of life should not in itself
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(1) The role of personal guardians2
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a person whose decision-making capa
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inspection of the donor‘s persona
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separate form should be completed b
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extensive powers to act. The Commis
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3CHAPTER 3THE DETAILED LEGISLATIVE
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care, life-sustaining treatment, ar
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(3) Artificial Life-sustaining trea
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tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastr
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about respecting the body‘s integ
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patient does not have the capacity
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easons, which are applicable equall
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the advance care directive and the
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advance care directive. 57 Similarl
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treatment. 61 The 1997 Act does not
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As the Commission has already noted
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If a written advance care directive
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author had changed their mind but d
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advance directive was based has bee
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egularly, there should be no specif
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3.96 The Commission recommends the
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3.103 As there will be times when t
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such a suggestion, the Commission c
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4CHAPTER 4CONSEQUENCES OF ESTABLISH
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confusion surrounding the applicati
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a person. 18 The Commission recomme
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(3) Conclusion4.19 The Commission n
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Medical Council has the power to im
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CHAPTER 5SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
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5.14 The Commission recommends that
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The making of the advance care dire
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5.43 The Commission recommends that
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Purpose and guiding principles3.
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(a) the person who made the advance
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witnessed. Subsection (5) implement
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(2) Without prejudice to the genera
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Civil and criminal liability9.— (
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Explanatory NoteSubsections (1) to
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The Law Reform Commission is an ind