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Advance Directive |
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Advance Directive A legal document expressing a person's medical wishes in the event of his/her mental or physical incapacity. An advance directive is made while the director is still competent, and comes into effect at incapacity. An advance directive may state whether or not the director wishes to be placed on life support or to receive a particular treatment. It may or may not assign another party ? usually a family member ? to make these decisions as they come up. It is important to note that in this situation, an advance directive is not a power of attorney and neither allows the other party access to the assignor's finances, nor obliges him/her to pay for any treatment. See also: Proxy directive. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To avoid the confusion that surrounds the Schiavo family, pitting spouses against parents, California residents must sign a document known as an Advance Health Care Directive. The painful lesson couldn't be more clear: You can spare your loved ones the anguish that's tearing Schiavo's family apart by filling out an advance health care directive outlining who you want making decisions on your behalf and when you want your end-of-life care to end. Mary's, will provide a primer on advance health care directives, including documents such as Living Wills and Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders. |
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