Advanced Directives

Advanced directives [Student’s name] [Institutional affiliation] Advanced directives together with held rights by individuals setting up advanced directives Advance directives are perceived as instructions by an individual concerning treatment preferences together with surrogate decision maker’s designation in events whereby the individual may end up being unable to come up with decisions towards their medication (Redman, 2004, p.7). These directives are also regarded as personal directive or living will. The individuals who come up with advance directives hold certain rights which include the following. For instance, they hold the right to make preferred decisions and also enjoy the chosen services within the directives. Relevant regulations policy or laws related to advanced directives which individuals may aim at challenging MD state law and federal law are usually relevant to advanced directives and individuals have often made attempts towards challenging these laws (Mezey, 2006, p.11). This is because although these laws support advance directives, they aim at creating rights awareness among individuals but do not allow individuals to come up with their own decisions concerning how they ought to be handled once incapacitated. Ethical principles which are at concern within this conflict or disagreement The ethical principles which are at concern within this conflict include maleficience and autonomy. Maleficience refers to involvement in mischievous, harmful or evil undertaking...