What is it about?

This article proposes investigate some doubts and criticisms about Advance Directives.

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Why is it important?

Its regulation in Brazil will certainly bring more security to its implementation, but it will not completely keep us away from the doubts and criticisms that still lie on them - philosophical, ethical and bioethical questions.

Perspectives

In this moral field, perhaps the Advance Directives can be more robust and effective, in the efforts to regulate them in Brazil, when the manifestation provides the person with moral choices and actions that operate in a grey area, allowing healthcare professionals and their representatives to interpret their wishes according to each situation.

Dr. Elcio Luiz Bonamigo
Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

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This page is a summary of: The Moral Field of Advance Directive and its Regulation in Brazil, Acta bioethica, July 2025, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT),
DOI: 10.4067/s1726-569x2025000200189.
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