This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. Although advance directives have been widely discussed since the 1980s, the ethical bases of advance directives still remain a matter of heated debates.

Neben der Diskussion verschiedener realer, ethisch herausfordernder Situationen aus der therapeutischen Praxis werden in diesem Buch theoretische Grundkenntnisse der Psychotherapie-Ethik in Anlehnung an die Medizinethik vermittelt.