healthcare proxy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of healthcare proxy
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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A longtime college friend serves as her healthcare proxy, and Kant maintains a spreadsheet of friends to coordinate visits when she’s ill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Their thoughts instead turn to trusts and beneficiary designations for after-death instructions, and they focus heavily on the documents that come into play if you get sick, like power of attorney and a healthcare proxy.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
You suggested every adult have a power of attorney and healthcare proxy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
This is where you need to have a healthcare proxy named as well, so someone can execute the medical decisions.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020
We’re going to start to have to have some really hard conversations with their family members or their healthcare proxy, if they have one, about what to do next.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
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