Directives Anticipées
Posted: Wed 12 Aug 2020 10:52
In April, I made an Advance Decision, also known as a living will or advance directive, under English Law. This sets out (amongst other things) what treatments I would refuse if I developed coronavirus. I used a template provided by a charity called “Compassion in Dying”:
https://coronavirus.compassionindying.o ... treatment/
Because there is no guarantee that this English form would be accepted in France. I asked a number of people while there recently, including a very senior Official, whether something similar was available under French Law. No-one could help so on returning home I carried out my own research on the internet.
Here is a very short article written by English Solicitors, Stone King, who have expertise in French Law confirming that it is indeed possible to make Advance Decisions in France called Directives Anticipées:
https://www.stoneking.co.uk/literature/ ... ving-wills
I now intend to make one myself using this “official template”:
https://www.service-public.fr/particuli ... its/R44952
However, I shall include some coronavirus specific wording based on the following:
http://free.geriatrics.overblog.com/202 ... id-19.html
It would be interesting to know if anyone has any relevant experience of Directives Anticipées
https://coronavirus.compassionindying.o ... treatment/
Because there is no guarantee that this English form would be accepted in France. I asked a number of people while there recently, including a very senior Official, whether something similar was available under French Law. No-one could help so on returning home I carried out my own research on the internet.
Here is a very short article written by English Solicitors, Stone King, who have expertise in French Law confirming that it is indeed possible to make Advance Decisions in France called Directives Anticipées:
https://www.stoneking.co.uk/literature/ ... ving-wills
I now intend to make one myself using this “official template”:
https://www.service-public.fr/particuli ... its/R44952
However, I shall include some coronavirus specific wording based on the following:
http://free.geriatrics.overblog.com/202 ... id-19.html
It would be interesting to know if anyone has any relevant experience of Directives Anticipées