{"id":149837,"date":"2025-04-01T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod-cerac.radiotherapie.care\/?p=149837"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:23:51","slug":"writing-my-advance-directives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerac.radiotherapie.care\/en\/writing-my-advance-directives\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing my Advance Directives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; top_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; bottom_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; inverted_device_order=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;902789&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-solid&#8221; back_color_solid=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; el_class=&#8221;pd45 mt_mobile&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1740410808138{padding-top: 260px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;1000&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;671667&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1738332186570{padding-right: 65px !important;padding-left: 300px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;prise_section&#8221;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;213460&#8243;]What\u2019s new at CeRAC?<br \/>\nLet\u2019s talk about it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;157765&#8243; el_class=&#8221;pd-45 article_container&#8221; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-solid&#8221; back_color_solid=&#8221;#f8f9fa&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739877507118{margin-bottom: 120px !important;padding-top: 45px !important;padding-right: 55px !important;padding-bottom: 45px !important;padding-left: 55px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text text_color=&#8221;color-353705&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;705300&#8243; el_id=&#8221;back_button&#8221; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]<a href=\"#\">Back<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; text_color=&#8221;color-109799&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-128500&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;926479&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Horaires<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;939163&#8243; sep_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_single_image dynamic=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;154140&#8243; el_class=&#8221;featured_img&#8221;][vc_column_text text_color=&#8221;color-109799&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;383606&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]<strong><em><u>What does the law say?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Article 1111-11 of the French Public Health Code:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any adult may write advance directives in the event that they are one day unable to express their wishes. These advance directives express the person\u2019s will regarding end-of-life decisions concerning the continuation, limitation, withdrawal, or refusal of treatment or medical procedures (&#8230;)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>What are Advance Directives for?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Advance Directives&#8221; for end-of-life situations are your written wishes regarding the treatments or medical procedures you do or do not want, in case you are no longer able to communicate following a serious accident or due to a serious illness. They concern the conditions of your end of life, i.e. whether to continue, limit, stop, or refuse treatments or medical acts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Who can write their advance directives?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any adult has the right to write them, regardless of their personal situation. But it is not mandatory, you are free to do so or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>When should you write your advance directives?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can write them at any point in your life, whether you are in good health, ill, or living with a disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>How long are they valid?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are valid indefinitely. 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