The public wants legislation to make living wills binding on doctors, according to a MORI poll for the Patients Association. Two out of three of the 1,960 adults surveyed favoured the move.
Department of Health consultation on proposals to legislate closed on 31 March.
Advance directives are binding on doctors in common law, but a statute would make the position clearer.
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