Consultation Paper on Bioethics - Law Reform Commission

C United States of America 43
(1) Re Quinlan 43
(2) Legislative developments 43
(3) Cruzan v Director, Missouri Department of
Health 44
(4) The failure of the living will? 45
D The English legal position 47
(1) The recognition of advance care directives at
common law 47
(2) Legislative history of the English Mental Capacity
Act 2005 48
E Australia 51
F Hong Kong 53
G Europe 54
(1) The European Convention on Human Rights 54
(2) The European Convention on Human Rights and
Biomedicine 1997 55
H Manitoba 56
(1) Principles and procedures 56
(2) Final recommendations 57
I Conclusion 58
J Advance care directives refusing treatment on
religious grounds 58
(1) Ireland 58
(2) England and Wales 63
(3) Canada 64
(4) The European Convention on Human Rights 65
(5) Conclusion 65
CHAPTER 3 INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND CAPACITY TO
MAKE ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES 67
A Introduction 67
B Informed decision making and the provision of
information 67
(1) Ireland 67
(2) England and Wales 69
(3) Mandatory requirement to receive advice 70
(4) Conclusions 72
C Capacity 73
(1) Introduction 73
(2) Presumption of capacity 73
(3) Assessing capacity 75
D Age 81
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