Definitions for "ADVANCE DIRECTIVE"
A document stating exactly which measures to be followed in the event of an incapacity or terminal illness.
Written ahead of time, a health care advance directive is a written document that says how you want medical decisions to be made if you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself. A health care advance directive may include a Living Will and a Durable Power of Attorney for health care.
A legal document that allows consumers to plan their own mental health care in the event the individual loses the capacity to effectively make decisions. The individual can name a friend and/or an agent (friend or family) to act on his/her behalf to give guidance to the professionals involved in care, treatment according to his/her preferences. Completing an advance directive is an opportunity for the person with disabilities to learn more about the illness and have more control what happens.
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an instrument which if handled responsibly by the person to whom it applies, can be fined tuned and updated as necessary
a statement made orally or in writing by a competent adult
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a term used to describe the