Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity

NORMAN L. CANTOR is Professor of Law and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, and is also a member of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. He served as an advisor to counsel in the Karen Ann Quinlan case and as advisor to the New Jersey Bioethics Committee. He is author of Legal Frontiers of Death and Dying and numerous law journal articles covering legal aspects of death and dying.

• INTRODUCTION: ON RESTRAINING LIFE-PRESERVING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY1. The Bounds of Autonomy for Competent Medical Patients2. Advance Directives and Problems of Prospective Autonomy3. Choosing the Best Format in Light of the Statutory Framework for Advance Directives4. Drafting Advance Instructions5. Interpretation and Administration of Advance Directives6. The Moral Boundaries of Shaping Post-Competence Medical Care7. Enforcing Advance Directives8. New Jersey's Model LegislationAppendix A: Advance Directive for Health CareAppendix B: Form Health-Care Power of AttorneyAppendix C: The New Jersey Bioethics Commission's Combined Advance Directive for Health Care (Combined Proxy and Instruction Directive)Appendix D: A Values ProfileNotesIndex