Advance Care Planning

The Right to Refuse Medical Treatment Every competent adult has the right to consent to and to refuse medical treatment.  Advance care planning is based on people having the right to be informed about their medical options and to be provided treatmen [...]

If you choose to write down your wishes, it is important that you do it in conjunction with your family doctor and your substitute decision maker. In this way, the key people who will be involved in decisions about your future medical care will be aw [...]