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2. Healthcare proxy - Wikipedia

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   Healthcare proxy. In the field of medicine, a healthcare proxy (commonly referred to as HCP) is a document (legal instrument) with which a patient (primary individual) appoints an agent to legally make healthcare decisions on behalf of the patient, when the patient is incapable of making and executing the healthcare decisions stipulated in the ...

3. Five Wishes - Wikipedia

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   Wishes 3, 4, and 5 are unique to Five Wishes, in that they address matters of comfort care, spirituality, forgiveness, and final wishes. Wish 1: "The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can't" – This section is an assignment of a health care agent (also called proxy, surrogate, representative, or health care power of attorney ...

4. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   A surrogate decision maker, also known as a health care proxy or as agents, is an advocate for incompetent patients. If a patient is unable to make decisions for themselves about personal care, a surrogate agent must make decisions for them. If there is a durable power of attorney for health care, the agent appointed by that document is ...

5. How to Make Your Advance Directives - WebMD

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   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 ...

6. What Is a Health Care Agent? - WebMD

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   Durable power of attorney for health care; Health care proxy; You don’t need a lawyer to create this. You can get them online, from your local or state government, and possibly at your doctor ...

7. What to Know About Hospitalization for Schizophrenia Against ...

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   A health care proxy or health care power of attorney. These allow you to state in advance who you want to make medical decisions for you when you’re not legally able to make your own.