Keywords
Informed consent
advanced directive document (Source: MeSH-NLM)
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Abstract
The living wills or advanced directives are oral or written declarations targeted to health professionals and significant people that could be done by capable people with the intention of be in operation when they have lost this competence. In Costa Rica, it doesn´t exist a regulation about Advanced Directives, not even a document useful in people with terminal stage illnesses, for this reason, this research has the objective of analyze the different components of the Advanced Directives document, its administrative management, applicability and legal issues, all of this with the purpose of creating an official document for this country.
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