A legal document that states the treatment or care a person wishes to receive or not receive if he or she becomes unable to make medical decisions (for example, due to being unconscious or in a coma). Some types of advance directives are living wills and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders.
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A written expression of a person's desire for medical treatment used in cases where the person becomes incapacitated and is no longer capable of making his or her own decisions. Examples include Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a legal document giving instructions as to the type and degree of medical care to be administered in the event that the person signing the document becomes mentally incompetent during the course of a terminal illness, or becomes permanently comatose (persistent vegetative state).
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A legal document that allows you to set out written wishes for your medical care and to name a person to make sure those wishes are carried out. (See also: living will, durable power of attorney for health care)
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Advance directive is medical slang for a patient's written instructions as to what course of treatment should be followed in the event he or she becomes incapable of communicating.
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(living will) A document written when in "good" health that informs your family and health care providers of your wishes for extended medical treatment in times of emergency.
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Also called LIVING WILLS. Written documents completed and signed, when a person has the cognitive ability (legally) to explain their medical wishes in advance. Advanced directives allow someone else to make treatment decisions on behalf of the person with dementia as they become more disabled by their dementia. There is no Irish legislation to deal...
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A legal document describing a person’s desires about future health care decisions if the person is unable to make such decisions in the future. Examples of advance directives include a living will, durable power of attorney and health care proxy.
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Advance directives for health care communicate the health care wishes of a person who can no longer make health care decisions. These documents must be prepared when the individual still has legal capacity to execute them. Advance directives for health care can include Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate orders.
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