The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective

Over the past century, the health care industry has witnessed a strong deference to the principle of patient autonomy. The greater focus on a patient’s right to self-determination which is concomitant with the decline in medical paternalism is attributable to several factors, including rapid technol...

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Main Authors:	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie, Alias, Fadhlina
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/1/BrochureMuzakarah_PakarIKIM.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/2/IKIM_Proceedings_on_AMD.pdf

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spelling	iium-427922015-05-25T06:17:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/ The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie Alias, Fadhlina K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Over the past century, the health care industry has witnessed a strong deference to the principle of patient autonomy. The greater focus on a patient’s right to self-determination which is concomitant with the decline in medical paternalism is attributable to several factors, including rapid technological advancements in medicine and the increase in medical awareness as a result of patients gaining easier access to medical information. Accordingly, advance directives have emerged as a response to the fear that many people have over the fact that in this day and age, it has become medically possible to continuously be kept “alive” in a state where they have lost all cognitive functions and are incapable of exercising any control over how they wish to be treated. An advance directive serves as an assurance that the right of an individual to make autonomous decisions will not be defeated by any future incapacity, and thus in this respect, functions as an enhancement of patient autonomy. 2015-04-07 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/1/BrochureMuzakarah_PakarIKIM.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42792/2/IKIM_Proceedings_on_AMD.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie and Alias, Fadhlina (2015) The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective. In: Muzakarah Pakar Bioetika Islami Mengenai Isu Advance Medical Directive (AMD), 7 April 2015, Dewan Besar, Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	Over the past century, the health care industry has witnessed a strong deference to the principle of patient autonomy. The greater focus on a patient’s right to self-determination which is concomitant with the decline in medical paternalism is attributable to several factors, including rapid technological advancements in medicine and the increase in medical awareness as a result of patients gaining easier access to medical information. Accordingly, advance directives have emerged as a response to the fear that many people have over the fact that in this day and age, it has become medically possible to continuously be kept “alive” in a state where they have lost all cognitive functions and are incapable of exercising any control over how they wish to be treated. An advance directive serves as an assurance that the right of an individual to make autonomous decisions will not be defeated by any future incapacity, and thus in this respect, functions as an enhancement of patient autonomy.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie Alias, Fadhlina
author_facet	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie Alias, Fadhlina
author_sort	Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie
title	The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective
title_short	The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective
title_full	The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective
title_fullStr	The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective
title_full_unstemmed	The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective
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The legality of advance directives in Malaysia from the medical law perspective

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