As objective criteria regarding the decision-making capacity of patients are lacking in international and national directives, investigators usually use their clinical judgement and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) as guidance.
It is lacking in balance.
Most are lacking in charm".
But one hospital has made a special effort to help patients who lack written advance directives.
The lack of precise directives in 3GPP specifications allows mobile operators to configure and deploy security mechanisms at their sole discretion.
Public health workers in the field were enthusiastic about the system but were not using it as widely or extensively as was possible, because of lack of clear directives for implementation; lack of guidelines for usage and lack of systematic training of workforce for using the system.
In particular, population-based data are lacking regarding the factors associated with advance directive completion.
The lack of advance directives has also been found associated with a greater likelihood of feeding tube use in the U.S. [ 10].
Recently, some relevant decisions by the Italian Supreme Court dealt with the issue of advance directives, which still lack normative references in our legal system and are the subject of a lively and ongoing debate.
