https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2020.1280

The new Italian law 219/2017: an extraordinary clinical tool in internal medicine

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: 26 March 2020
Accepted: 21 April 2020
Published: 15 May 2020
Informed consent, patients’ self-determination, shared care planning, advance directives.
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Matteo Bolcato
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Giacomo Fassina
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Matteo Sanavio
matteo.sanavio@studenti.unips.it
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Anna Aprile
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

In December 2017, Law 219 named €˜Provisions for informed consent and advance treatment directives' was approved in Italy, and on the one hand, this law helped the daily medical activity, and on the other hand, it enhanced the patient's self-determination. This contribution analyzes the new legislative disposition and the possible medical-legal and practical implications for patients entrusted in hospitals. In particular, it focuses on the usefulness of early planning of medical care decisions in complex pathological situations in order to enhance the patient's self-determination and his eventual impassable refusal. It also safeguards the medical work from disputes and claims, preserving medical autonomy and competence.

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Bolcato, M., Fassina, G., Sanavio, M., & Aprile, A. (2020). The new Italian law 219/2017: an extraordinary clinical tool in internal medicine. Italian Journal of Medicine, 14(3), 184–188. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2020.1280

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