Medical treatments have helped millions of individuals around the world. However there are obligations and responsibilities that every medical practitioners must comply with to guarantee patients’ rights are upheld. Consent to treatment can be implied, verbally and written down. However it must meet the legal requirements to make it ‘valid’. So what are the features of a valid consent? A valid consent must meet certain requirements including, competence/ capacity of the patient, the consent is given voluntarily, the consent covers the procedure in question and that the patient was informed in making that decision (Guidelines for Informed Consent, 2010). An advance health directive (ACD) also known as a ‘living will’ is a document that outlines
