An Anticipatory Direction is one of the Advance Directives that can be made in South Australia.  It is a specific direction which you can have documented while you are still of sound mind and able to communicate. It is sometimes called a living will. It deals with end of life decisions about what treatment you would accept or refuse if you were terminally ill or in a persistent vegetative state.  It can be an important part of good palliative care.

To make an anticipatory direction you must be over 18 years of age and of sound mind.

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• Enduring Power of Attorney
• Medical Power of Attorney
• Enduring Guardianship

Useful links 

• Consent to Palliative Care and Medical Treatment Act 1995
• Office of the Public Advocate
• Palliative Care Council of South Australia  

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Our Lawyers 

• Joanne Collie
• Jane Moore