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| legal way of saying that a person is allowed to make decisions on behalf of another if the person is unable to make decisions on their own about their life |
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| Mental health advanced directives |
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| offers a clear written statement of person's medical treatment preferences can also be used to assign decision-making authority to another person who can act on that person's behalf during times of incapacitation. |
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| what people sign when they do or do not want their lives to be attempted to be saved when there is on reasonable reason their lives should be prolong due to severe disrepair |
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| The reasons to have a living will include (2) |
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| 1. to allow someone to retain control over what happens at the end of their lives 2. to alleviate some of the guilt and anxiety on the part of relatives and health professionals who will later attempt to determine what type of life supporting measures are appropriate a |
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| IN 1977, the state that first passed legislation to protect physicians from legal actin ifthey comply with patients' desires expressed in living wil is |
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| California. Since that time other states have passed similiar right-to-die or natural death laws. |
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