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healthcare proxy
or health-care prox·y
[ helth-kair prok-see ]
noun
- a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions for them about medical treatment in the event that they are no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of healthcare proxy1
First recorded in 1990–95
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