Lawyers and Advance Care and End-of-Life Planning: Enhancing Collaboration between Legal and Health Professions

Ries, N

Lawyers and Advance Care and End-of-Life Planning: Enhancing Collaboration between Legal and Health Professions

Ries, N

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Publisher:: Thomson Reuters
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Law and Medicine, 2016, 23, (4), pp. 887-906
Issue Date:: 2016-06-30

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dc.contributor.author	Ries, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-6722
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-05T23:00:15Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-05T23:00:15Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06-30
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Law and Medicine, 2016, 23, (4), pp. 887-906
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dc.description.abstract	In Australia and internationally, advance care planning (ACP) is emphasised as an important means by which individuals can express their wishes for health care during future periods of incapacity. ACP has mainly been promoted in health care settings and very little is said about the role of lawyers, despite the fact that some people are more likely to discuss their health care wishes with a lawyer than with a doctor. This article addresses this significant gap and advocates for collaboration between legal and health professionals to assist clients with advance care and end-of-life planning. It articulates the importance of law and lawyers in ACP and discusses the medical-legal partnership model as a means to increase inter-professional collaboration. It analyses how collaboration can tackle client, practitioner and system-centred barriers and recognise ACP as a preventive legal and health care practice that supports clients’ interests and promotes their autonomy.
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dc.subject	11 Medical and Health Sciences, 18 Law and Legal Studies, 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Advance Care Planning
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Cooperative Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Interdisciplinary Communication
dc.subject.mesh	Lawyers
dc.subject.mesh	Physicians
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Interdisciplinary Communication
dc.subject.mesh	Cooperative Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Physicians
dc.subject.mesh	Lawyers
dc.subject.mesh	Advance Care Planning
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.title	Lawyers and Advance Care and End-of-Life Planning: Enhancing Collaboration between Legal and Health Professions
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Abstract:

In Australia and internationally, advance care planning (ACP) is emphasised as an important means by which individuals can express their wishes for health care during future periods of incapacity. ACP has mainly been promoted in health care settings and very little is said about the role of lawyers, despite the fact that some people are more likely to discuss their health care wishes with a lawyer than with a doctor. This article addresses this significant gap and advocates for collaboration between legal and health professionals to assist clients with advance care and end-of-life planning. It articulates the importance of law and lawyers in ACP and discusses the medical-legal partnership model as a means to increase inter-professional collaboration. It analyses how collaboration can tackle client, practitioner and system-centred barriers and recognise ACP as a preventive legal and health care practice that supports clients’ interests and promotes their autonomy.

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