Advance Directive

The Advance Directive is increasingly becoming an important addition to the Will. Its purpose is to indicate to the doctor your wishes in the event of there being no reasonable prospect of recovery from a serious illness or physical condition expected to cause severe distress or to render you incapable of rational existence i.e. an acceptable quality of life.


The law fully upholds the right of a patient to decline life-sustaining (or other) treatment and to receive analgesic drugs in quantities to relieve intolerable distress.