advance directive
a living will or durable power of attorney in which a person states their wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of mental incompetency or an inability to communicate.
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The design of most of the commonly used advance directives seems to bias people toward life extension.
We Only Think We're Making Our Own Choices. It Matters How Options Are Framed | Eric J. Johnson | November 10, 2021 | TimeSimilarly, a pychiatric advance directive documents an individual’s mental health treatment preferences and enlists a proxy decision-maker should decision-making capacity be lost in the future.
Freeing Britney Requires Reconsidering How Society Thinks About Decision-Making Capacity | LGBTQ-Editor | July 30, 2021 | No Straight NewsTo be air tight, you need something called an “advance directive.”
How To Avoid Brain Death Purgatory | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Robert M. Lober, MD, PhD | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for advance directive
another name for living will
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