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Advance Directive A document expressing a person's wishes about critical care when he or she is unable to decide for him or herself. However, it does not authorize anyone to act on a person's behalf or make decisions the way a power of attorney would. Notes: With an advance directive, individuals have the power to make future decisions about their own critical care without outside influence. A person who wishes or does not wish to be placed upon life support can create an advance directive that will be followed by hospital staff should the person become incapacitated. |
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| The advance directive serves
as the foundation for decisions about care options. There was no living will, no advance directive, no
formal instructions left by Terri Schiavo about what to do for her under
such circum-stances. When the ICU nurse reviews his chart, she discovers when he was
admitted, the nurse documented that he 'did not want to be
resuscitated' and wanted to prepare an advance directive specifying
'no heroics'. |
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