1.      Legal Theories of Enforcement

2.      Authorized Treatment/Right to Refuse

3.      Directed Treatment After Incapacity

4.      Surrogate Decision Making

Summary:

            This program provides a general overview of the North Carolina law of advance directives (current as of the program date). It is designed to provide the practitioner entering the elder law specialty (or perhaps dabbling in the area) a basic understanding of some of the considerations that should be included in any client consultation with respect to advance directives.