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2. Healthcare proxy - Wikipedia

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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]

3. What is a healthcare proxy? - AOL

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   A healthcare proxy is a document that gives someone the power to make healthcare decisions on behalf of a person who is incapacitated. Learn more here.

4. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   When drafting a health care proxy, it is best to consult a physician and attorney. The forms are available through lawyers , hospitals , and websites dedicated to health care ethics. The proxy must identify the client and the client's agent, also including all contact information.

5. I Don’t Agree with Suze Orman on Everything, But She Nails ...

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   Health Care Proxy: A Health Care Proxy, in the form of an advance directive, spells out one’s medical wishes. This is especially crucial if a person is rendered comatose or unable to articulate ...

6. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   A living will is one form of advance directive, leaving instructions for treatment. Another form is a specific type of power of attorney or health care proxy, in which the person authorizes someone (an agent) to make decisions on their behalf when they are incapacitated. People are often encouraged to complete both documents to provide ...

7. Family Health Care Decisions Act - Wikipedia

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   The Family Health Care Decisions Act [1] (the FHCDA) is a New York State statute that enables a patient's family member or close friend to make health care treatment decisions if the patient lacks capacity and did not make the decision in advance or appoint a health care agent. It also creates a bedside process to determine patient incapacity ...

8. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   2006: West Virginia and Wisconsin adopt POLST. Iowa forms a focus group of health care providers to address the current fragmentation of end-of-life communication. 2007: A formal in-person meeting was held for education on the POLST paradigm at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization conference in New Orleans. [27]

9. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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   [54]: 61 The rationale is a beneficence model for care—the doctor knows better than the patient, and therefore should direct the patient's care, because the patient is not likely to have better ideas than the doctor. [54]: 61 Henri de Mondeville, a French surgeon who in the 14th century, wrote about medical practice. He traced his ideas to ...