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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. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   A healthcare proxy document appoints a person, the proxy, who can make decisions on behalf of the granting individual in the event of incapacity. The appointed healthcare proxy has, in essence, the same rights to request or refuse treatment that the individual would have if still capable of making and communicating health care decisions.

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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   Finally, keep your finished form in your files but not in a safe deposit box. You want to make sure people can access it. Give a copy of your health care power of attorney to your doctors, your ...

7. What a Living Will Is and How to Make One - Healthline

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   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 ...