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  2. 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.

  3. Healthcare proxy - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare proxies are one of three ways that surrogate decision makers are enacted, the other two being court orders and laws for the automatic succession of decision makers. [4] In contrast to a living will , healthcare proxies do not set out possible outcomes with predetermined reactions, rather they appoint someone to carry out the wishes ...

  4. Family Health Care Decisions Act - Wikipedia

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    Identification of the Surrogate. [35] The FHCDA creates a priority list of potential surrogate decision-makers, depending on who is available, willing and competent to act. It starts with a court appointed guardians if there is one, then moves through various categories of relatives, i.e., spouse, adult son or daughter, adult sibling.

  5. Medical paternalism - Wikipedia

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    Medical paternalism is a set of attitudes and practices in medicine in which a physician determines that a patient's wishes or choices should not be honored. These practices were current through the early to mid 20th century, and were characterised by a paternalistic attitude, surrogate decision-making and a lack of respect for patient autonomy. [1]

  6. Riley Keough used a surrogate to have her child. Here's why ...

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    In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate has no genetic link to the baby, as an embryo is created using an egg from the intended mother (in this case, Keough) or, if necessary, an egg donor ...

  7. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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    An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.

  8. Voices: This is why I became a surrogate - AOL

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  9. Shayne Lamas reveals that her stepmom is her surrogate - AOL

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    Reality star Shayne Lamas, 29, has revealed that her stepmom, 28, has stepped in to be her surrogate.