Advance Statement vs Advance Decision: A Critical Evaluation of the Legal Status and the Moral and Pragmatic Advantages and Disadvantages

An Advance Statement (AS) is a general statement about anything that is important to people (patients) in relation to their future treatment and wellbeing. An Advance Decision (AD) (sometimes known as Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment) is a document that allows a person to make a legally binding refusal of medical treatment