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Advance decision to refuse treatment
Definition in Statutory Guidance
From:
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice
A decision to refuse specified treatment made in advance by a person who has capacity to do so. This decision will then apply at a future time when that person lacks capacity to consent to, or refuse, the specified treatment. Specific rules apply to advance decisions to refuse life sustaining treatment.
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