{"id":3916,"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/dignitas-news-en-268\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:21:07","slug":"south-africa-public-inquiry-on-advance-directives-and-dignitas-submission","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/south-africa-public-inquiry-on-advance-directives-and-dignitas-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa public inquiry on Advance Directives and DIGNITAS submission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The South Africa Parliament invited the public to submit written comments on a proposal for a bill on Advance Directives (Livings Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare), a comment on the National Health Amendment Bill 2018, aiming at gaining legal recognition, legal clarity, and legal enforceability of Advance Directives. D<span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">IGNITAS<\/span> submitted a letter in support of the proposed legal recognition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gpwonline.co.za\/Search\/Pages\/Results.aspx?k=41789&amp;utm_source=DignitySA+Newsletter+5+August+2018&amp;utm_campaign=946bd39a93-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_06_15&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_a3c10635d4-946bd39a93-263196869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Government Gazette Notice 41789 <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Link)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/pdf\/diginpublic\/stellungnahme-submission-dnha-bill2018-24082018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission by D<span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">IGNITAS<\/span> \u2013 To live with dignity \u2013 To die with dignity <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Africa Parliament invited the public to submit written comments on a proposal for a bill on Advance Directives (Livings Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare), a comment on the National Health Amendment Bill 2018, aiming at gaining legal recognition, legal clarity, and legal enforceability of Advance Directives. DIGNITAS submitted a letter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[643],"class_list":["post-3916","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-south-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}