Policy and practice issues in making an advance care directive with decision making support: A case study

The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 (Vic) is a step toward law reform to implement supported decision making the rights of people with disabilities enshrined in United Nations Convention on Rights Persons Disabilities. includes provisions enable person, who might otherwise be assessed as being without capacity, make an advance care directive support. This case study explores implementation through experiences person intellectual disability, their medical practitioner supporter directive. findings identify shortcomings that effectively exclude severe from making. They illustrate need for greater institutional support educational strategies practitioners if potential realised disabilities. Finally, indicate relevance La Trobe Support Decision Making Practice Framework guide this context.