Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This Article considers the concept of empowerment and the obligation lawyers have as they advise and counsel their clients, especially the elderly, in the use of estate planning documents which empower others to undertake responsibility on the client's behalf. The article proposes the lawyer achieve the "good result" for the client as a means of fulfilling that responsibility, applying it in the use of the durable power of attorney, advance directive, and psychiatric advance directive.
First Page
81
Last Page
133
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Holtz, Gregory T.
(2017)
"Understanding the Ethics of Empowerment: An Elder Law Lawyer's Challenge or Obligation?,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 38:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Suggested Citation
Gregory T. Holtz, Understanding the Ethics of Empowerment: An Elder Law Lawyer’s Challenge or Obligation?, 38 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 81 (2017).
