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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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In a living will, a person describes exactly what treatments he or she would like to have or refuse in the event of a medical crisis. Doctors took advice from lawyers and accepted the letter as a living will, which under the 2005 Mental Capacity Act has legal force to compel medical professionals to follow its terms. If a patient writes a detailed living will, the more circumstances they consider, they are more likely to receive exactly the medical treatment they desire. |
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