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v. t. e. An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S ...
There are two types of advance directives: Health care proxy. This is a document that names the person who will make your medical decisions if you can’t. It’s also called a durable power of ...
You can cancel an advance directive at any time. Ways to do that include: Tear up the document. Say aloud to witnesses that you want to cancel it. Put your wishes in writing. Many hospitals and ...
Update History. Advance directives are legally binding and tell doctors what life extending measures you want taken, or not taken, if you are unable to communicate. Medical power of attorney ...
A living will is a written, legal document. It provides instructions for your medical care, or for the termination of medical support, in certain circumstances. Living wills indicate your wishes ...
Data wrangling. Transformation languages. v. t. e. In computer science, a preprocessor (or precompiler) [1] is a program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input in another program. The output is said to be a preprocessed form of the input data, which is often used by some subsequent programs like compilers.
The Patient Self-Determination Act ( PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health ...
Preparing an Advance Directive. Planning for end-of-life care ensures your final days will be lived with dignity. Medically Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on April 03, 2007.