Abstract

CALAHORRANO LATORRE, EDISON. Advance Care Planning: an Alternative of Regulation in Chile, Some Aspects from Comparative Law and the Inter American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons. Rev. Derecho Privado [online]. 2021, n.40, pp.201-233.  Epub Feb 08, 2021. ISSN 0123-4366.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01234366.n40.08.

The Inter-American Convention to protect the Human Rights of Older Persons regulates the obligation of the states parties to implement a process so that the elderly person can express their advanced directives regarding health care interventions. Chile has ratified this instrument. This paper aims to analyze the state of the institution in Chile from a comparative perspective and the opportunity for its express regulation.

Keywords : advanced directives; living will; advance care planning; elderly person rights; Inter-American Convention on the Human Rights of Older Persons.

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