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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 proxy. [1]
Aboulomania (from Greek a– 'without' and boulē 'will') [1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. [2] [3] The term was created in 1883 by the neurologist William Alexander Hammond, who defined it as: ‘a form of insanity characterised by an inertness, torpor, or paralysis of the will’.
A number of publicly funded initiatives exist to promote advance care planning and to encourage people to appoint "substitute decision makers" who make medical decisions and can give or withhold consent for medical procedures according to the patient's pre-expressed wishes when the patient becomes incapable of doing so themselves [53] [54] [55 ...
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 authorized to make health care decisions within the scope of authority granted by the document. If people have court ...
Choosing unhealthy food choices (31%), not exercising (26%) and not prioritising self-care (28%) topped the list. And over 40% also admitted to being guilty of making impulsive decisions.
Most applications to make decisions on behalf of a child are still dealt with by the Family Court. In a medical emergency, the patient may be obviously incapable of making a decision because they are unconscious and treatment cannot be put off.
New York's Family Health Care Decisions Act omits a task force's proposal to allow a physician and ethics review committee to make end-of-life decisions for a patient who lacks capacity and has no surrogate decisionmaker or health care agent, in circumstances where a surrogate could make such decision. [21]
26. "One man with courage is a majority." — Thomas Jefferson 27. "Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or ...