According to the Supreme Court’s 2023 verdict on advanced medical directives, there is already a clear legal procedure involving primary and secondary committees for withholding and withdrawing support. “The perceived practice gap is actually a lack of awareness because living wills and advanced medical directives are now a legal document, but they remain underutilized as people are often reluctant to discuss death,” said Bhatnagar, who is currently the chief director of oncology (caring for oncoanaesthesia, oncocritical care and palliative care) at Max Hospital, Saket.
