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Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021
An Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document that you sign in advance to inform the doctor treating you (in the event you become terminally ill and unconscious) that you do not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life.
An Act to provide for, and give legal effect to, advance directives to medical practitioners against artificial prolongation of the dying process and for matters connected therewith. [1st July 1997] Singapore Statutes Online is provided by the Legislation Division of the Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers.
Jun 21, 2024 · An Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document that one signs in advance to inform the doctor treating oneself (in the event of terminal illness and unconsciousness) that one does not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong one’s life. Under this Act, Singaporeans who wish to make an AMD can do so.
Apr 14, 2011 · For the purposes of section 3 of the Act, an advance medical directive (referred to in these Regulations as a directive) shall be in Form 1 set out in the Schedule.
An Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document that you sign in advance to inform the doctor treating you (in the event you become terminally ill and unconscious) that you do not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life.
Mar 19, 2019 · An Advance Medical Directive (AMD), also known as a “living will”, is a legal document you sign in advance to inform your doctor that you do not want the doctor to use any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to prolong your life, in the event that you are terminally ill and become unconscious or incapable of exercising ...
An Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a legal document signed in advance, stating your personal decision to stop life-sustaining treatment if you become terminally ill, incapable of expressing decisions and death is imminent.
Enacted in Singapore in 1996, the Advance Medical Directive Act provides an avenue for Singaporeans to state their preference for their end-of-life care in the event they are incapacitated or otherwise unable to make these decision on their own.
aic. Last updated 5mo ago. Advance Medical Directive (AMD) In situations when your loved one suffers a grave illness that is incurable and likely to lead to end of life, an Advance Medical Directive makes a legal record that your loved one would not want excessive treatment just to keep them alive.
