advance directive

An advance directive is a legal document that states what type of treatment you want or don't want in case you become physically unable to communicate.

一个预先声明是一份针对当您万一在生理上不能沟通的时候您希望或者不希望获得的治疗方式的法律文件。

Respect for patient's right of advance directive means respect for patient's rights of self determination and informed consent when a patient loses his/ her competence.

对患者预先指示权的尊重意味着当患者丧失决定能力时对其自我决定权和知情同意权的尊重。

If you have not completed an advance directive and become incapacitated, your doctor and family would have to agree on decisions about life-sustaining treatment.

如果您没有完成预先声明并归为无效，您的医生和家人须就生命支持治疗达成一致意见。

The living will is the oldest form of advance directive. It was first proposed by an Illinois attorney, Luis Kutner, in a law journal in 1969.

Living will（生前预嘱）是预立医疗指示（advance directive）最早的形式，最初由伊利诺伊州一位名叫路易斯·库特纳的律师在1969年的一份法律期刊上提出。