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- International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes, Bills and Regulations
- 1 End-of-Life Law Reform
- 2 The Path from Rodriguez to Bill C-14 and Beyond
- 3 The Extension of the Belgian Euthanasia Law to Minors in 2014
- 4 The Role of Scientific Evaluations of the Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedure) Act
- 5 The Challenging Path to Voluntary Assisted Dying Law Reform in Australia
- 6 Should Assisted Dying Require the Consent of a High Court Judge?
- 7 Aid in Dying in the United States
- 8 The Medical Regulator as Law Reformer
- 9 Extrajudicial Resolution of Medical Futility Disputes
- 10 Challenging Mandatory Court Hearings for People in Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States
- 11 Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment and the Relevance of Patients’ Wishes
- 12 International Perspectives on Reforming End-of-Life Law
- Index
9 - Extrajudicial Resolution of Medical Futility Disputes
Key Factors in Establishing and Dismantling the Texas Advance Directives Act
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2021
- International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes, Bills and Regulations
- 1 End-of-Life Law Reform
- 2 The Path from Rodriguez to Bill C-14 and Beyond
- 3 The Extension of the Belgian Euthanasia Law to Minors in 2014
- 4 The Role of Scientific Evaluations of the Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedure) Act
- 5 The Challenging Path to Voluntary Assisted Dying Law Reform in Australia
- 6 Should Assisted Dying Require the Consent of a High Court Judge?
- 7 Aid in Dying in the United States
- 8 The Medical Regulator as Law Reformer
- 9 Extrajudicial Resolution of Medical Futility Disputes
- 10 Challenging Mandatory Court Hearings for People in Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States
- 11 Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment and the Relevance of Patients’ Wishes
- 12 International Perspectives on Reforming End-of-Life Law
- Index
Summary
Increasingly, medical and legal professionals across the world have been calling for the establishment of special adjudicatory dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve intractable end-of-life medical treatment disputes. Although it is controversial, many commentators regard the conflict resolution provisions in the 1999 Texas Advance Directives Act (TADA) as a leading model and template. This chapter examines the process of passing this law and provides policy-makers in other jurisdictions with tips and strategies for enacting legislation like TADA. It also considers more recent developments, and in particular, efforts to slowly dismantle it. In short, this chapter is an examination of the conditions for the rise and fall of TADA. This inquiry is valuable, because it highlights lessons for other jurisdictions considering law reform on end-of-life medical treatment.
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- International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law ReformPolitics, Persuasion and Persistence, pp. 180 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021