# OnCo record advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment" ;
  schema:name "Advance decision to refuse treatment (England and Wales)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "advance decision"@en, "ADRT"@en, "living will (England and Wales)"@en ;
  schema:description "In England and Wales, an adult can write down in advance which treatments they refuse if they later cannot decide. To refuse treatment that keeps you alive, it must be in writing, signed, witnessed and say it applies even if your life is at risk."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/24>, <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/25> ;
  onco:tag "supportive", "uk" ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/advance-care-planning/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lasting-power-of-attorney-health-welfare/> .