A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued with the hearing of the Miscellaneous Application seeking modification of the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by way of its judgment recognising ‘passive euthanasia’ in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr.
Living Will/Advance Medical Directive is a written document that allows a patient to give explicit instructions in advance about the medical treatment to be administered when he or she is terminally ill or no longer able to express informed consent.