Editing Advance healthcare directive (section)

===Australia===
The laws regarding advance directives, powers of attorney, and enduring guardianships vary from state to state. In Queensland, for example, the concept of an advance health directive is defined in the ''[[Power of attorney|Powers of attorney]] act of 1998'' and ''Guardianship and Administration act of 2000''.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Rothschild |first1= Alan |editor1-first= Dieter |editor1-last= Birnbacher |editor2-first= Edgar |editor2-last= Dahl |title= Giving Death a Helping Hand: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Public Policy. An International Perspective |series= International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine |volume= 38 |date= 5 Feb 2008 |publisher= Springer |isbn= 9781402064951 |page= 104 |chapter= Physician-Assisted Death. An Australian Perspective}}</ref> Tasmania has no specific legislation concerning advance healthcare directives.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://advancecareplanning.org.au/advance-care-planning/for-professionals/the-law-of-advance-care-planning |title=The law of Advance Care Planning &#124; Advance Care Planning |access-date=2017-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171033/http://advancecareplanning.org.au/advance-care-planning/for-professionals/the-law-of-advance-care-planning |archive-date=2017-02-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Advance Care Planning (ACP) has been gaining prominence in Australia for its role in enhancing a patient's autonomy and as an important component of good end-of-life care.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rhee|first1=Joel J.|last2=Zwar|first2=Nicholas A.|last3=Kemp|first3=Lynn A.|date=2012-02-24|title=Uptake and implementation of Advance Care Planning in Australia: findings of key informant interviews|url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/ah/AH11019|journal=Australian Health Review|language=en|volume=36|issue=1|pages=98–104|doi=10.1071/AH11019|pmid=22513028|issn=1449-8944|hdl=1959.4/unsworks_13380|hdl-access=free}}</ref>