Advance Directives

Part I. History of Advance Directives and Prerequisites for Validity

1. Historical Review of Advance Directives
Alfred Simon

2. Personal Capacity to Anticipate Future Illness and Treatment Preferences
Marie-Jo Thiel

3. Advance Directives in Psychiatry
Jochen Vollmann

Part II. Defining the Scope of Advance Directives

4. On the Scope and Limits of Advance Directives and Prospective Autonomy
Robert S. Olick

5. Revocation of Advance Directives
Ralf J. Jox

6. Limitations to the Scope and Binding Force of Advance Directives: The Conflict Between Compulsory Treatment and the Right to Self-Determination
Jacqueline M. Atkinson, Jacquie Reilly

7. Advance Directives in the Context of Imprisonment
Bernice S. Elger

Part III. Effects on Family, Friends and Professional Relations

8. Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis
Mark P. Aulisio

9. Advance Directives and the Role of Family and Close Persons – Legal Provisions and Challenges
Margot Michel

10. Advance Directives and the Ethos of Good Nursing Care
Settimio Monteverde

Part IV. Ethical Challenges

11. Advance Directives Between Respect for Patient Autonomy and Paternalism
Manuel Trachsel, Christine Mitchell, Nikola Biller-Andorno

12. The Use of Advance Directives in the Context of Limited Resources for Healthcare
Ruth Horn, Ruud Meulen

13. From Legal Documents to Patient-Oriented Processes: The Evolution of Advance Care Planning
Tanja Krones, Sohaila Bastami

Part V. Conclusions

14. Concluding Remarks
Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer, Peter Lack

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics, Public Health