healthcare proxy

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noun

a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions about medical treatment in the event that he or she is no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.

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How to use healthcare proxy in a sentence

But if you ask leftists what Cuba is famous for they will usually say something altogether different: healthcare and education.
The Dark Side of Cuba’s Ebola Economy|James Bloodworth|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here are four reasons to check out the healthcare marketplaces this year.
Think You’re Invincible? Here’s Why Open Enrollment Matters|DailyBurn|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Increased access to reproductive healthcare has resulted in better maternal and infant health outcomes.
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton|Heather Arnet|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the first time her children reliably received healthcare and consistently went to school.
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton|Heather Arnet|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He tried to pass healthcare reform but Newt Gingrich and the GOP-controlled House and Senate shot it down.
Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims|Marlow Stern|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This resolution went, therefore, to abolish the right of peers to vote by proxy.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He held the rectories of Middle and Whitchurch in Shropshire, but the duties were performed by a proxy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Edgar had excused her not staying to throw for herself, but the general proxy, the bookseller, had been successful in her name.
Camilla|Fanny Burney
I have been spoiled for correspondence by Mr. Lewes's goodness in always writing letters for me where a proxy is admissible.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
The suit was still pending in 1427, when the community nominated Jacques d'Arc its authorised proxy, and sent him to Vaucouleurs.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France