Course: Portugal

authors: Tamayo-Velázquez MI, Simón-Lorda P, Loureiro JC, Ruiz D.
last update: 13/09/2010

Executive Summary on Advance Directives in PORTUGAL

More information about AD in Prtugal can befound at the following links:

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Books
- Pereira A. Advance directives: binding or merely indicative? Incoherence of the Portuguese National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences and insufficiencies of newly proposed regulation. Eur J Health Law. 2009Jun;16(2):165-71.
- Gonçalves JA. Attitudes toward end-of-life situations other than euthanasia and assistedsuicide among Portuguese oncologists. Support Care Cancer. 2009Oct 6.
- Loureiro JC. Advance Directives: A Portuguese Approach. Lex Medicinae - Revista Portuguesa de Direito da Saúde - Ano 5 • n.º 9 • 2008. Pg. 5-14.
- Loureiro, JC. “Report on Advance Directives in Portugal”. In Country Reports on Advance Directives , eds. N. Biller-Andorno,S. Bauer and R. Andorno. (Zurich: Institute of Biomedical Ethics, 2008)
- CardosoT, Fonseca T, Pereira S, Lencastre L. Life-sustaining treatment decisions inPortuguese intensive care units: a national survey of intensive carephysicians. Crit Care.2003 Dec;7(6):R167-75. Epub 2003 Oct 6.
- Serrão D. Opinion on the ethical aspects of health care of patients at the end of life. Med Law. 1999;18(1):1-11.
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