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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A medical measure] that [has] the potential to postpone [a] patient’s death.  2, record 1, English, - life%2Dsustaining%20treatment

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

It includes artificial nutrition and hydration.  9, record 1, English, - life%2Dsustaining%20treatment

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Acte médical visant à retarder la mort d'un patient.  8, record 1, French, - traitement%20de%20survie

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Y sont comprises l'hydratation et l'alimentation artificielles.  9, record 1, French, - traitement%20de%20survie

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A document that communicates] a competent person's wishes regarding health care, including life-prolonging treatment, [or that designates] a person who will have the role of making difficult health care decisions for [him or her] if [he or she becomes] unable to state [his or her] wishes.  2, record 2, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Typically two types of written advance directives exist: the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.  1, record 2, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

written advance directive: term usually used in the plural.  3, record 2, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Document qui permet à une personne apte de faire connaître ses volontés concernant les soins qui lui seront prodigués si elle ne peut plus le faire ou de nommer une personne qui prendra ces décisions à sa place en cas d'incapacité.  2, record 2, French, - directive%20pr%C3%A9alable%20%C3%A9crite

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

directive préalable écrite : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, record 2, French, - directive%20pr%C3%A9alable%20%C3%A9crite

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Documento, dirigido al médico responsable, en el cual una persona mayor de edad, con capacidad suficiente y de manera libre, expresa las instrucciones a tener en cuenta cuando se encuentre en una situación en la que las circunstancias que se den no le permitan expresar personalmente su voluntad.  2, record 2, Spanish, - documento%20de%20voluntades%20anticipadas

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En este documento, la persona puede también designar un representante, que es el interlocutor válido y necesario con el médico o el equipo sanitario, para que la sustituya en caso que no pueda expresar su voluntad por ella misma.  2, record 2, Spanish, - documento%20de%20voluntades%20anticipadas

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The right to refuse treatment is not restricted to situations involving religious objection. It is equally applicable to cases in which patients object to life-prolonging care in the face of a terminal illness. It also arises in those circumstances in which a person has decided that further life-sustaining care-such as renal dialysis-is no longer a satisfactory mechanism for perpetuating life.... There is no doubt that within the limits of the law, all Canadians enjoy the right to refuse treatment. The problem is deciding who exercises this right for mentally and legally incapable individuals, and on what basis they make these substituted decisions.  3, record 3, English, - right%20to%20refuse%20treatment

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... the court said that since the right to decline treatment is an inherent part of the patient’s right to control his or her own body, the right is not conditioned on an understanding of the risks of refusing care.  3, record 3, English, - right%20to%20refuse%20treatment

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Patient consent generally includes the right to decline treatment.  4, record 3, English, - right%20to%20refuse%20treatment

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La loi reconnaît au patient le droit de refuser un traitement tant qu'il ne représente pas une menace pour lui-même et pour les autres.  4, record 3, French, - droit%20de%20refuser%20un%20traitement

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

L'évaluation de l'aptitude du patient à consentir à un traitement ou à le refuser constitue aujourd'hui la seule limite à l'exercice du droit de refuser un traitement.  5, record 3, French, - droit%20de%20refuser%20un%20traitement

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Il est toutefois pertinent de mentionner que ce droit au refus de traitement n'aurait jamais vu le jour sans la Charte des droits de la Constitution américaine (Bill of Rights) et sans la doctrine du consentement éclairé.  6, record 3, French, - droit%20de%20refuser%20un%20traitement

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La relación entre la doctrina del consentimiento informado y el derecho a rechazar el tratamiento, es, que si el paciente tiene derecho a no ser tratado sin su consentimiento, también debe existir como contrapartida el derecho a no ser tratado cuando opera la negativa del paciente.  2, record 3, Spanish, - derecho%20a%20rechazar%20un%20tratamiento