A written instrument in which one person (the principal) appoints another to make health care decisions in the event that the principal becomes incapacitated. This instrument can contain instructions about specific medical treatment that should be applied or withheld.
A legal document that lets you give someone else the authority to make health care decisions for you in the event you are unable to make them for yourself. Also called a health care proxy or medical power of attorney.
A document that grants another the power to make decisions concerning medical care in the event you cannot make those decisions yourself. Also called a "health care proxy", the appointed person is authorized to speak for you any time you are unable to make your own medical decisions.
A written document allowing an individual (the principal), when competent, to authorize one or more individuals (the agents) to make decisions about medical treatment and care in the event of incapacity of the principal.
A delegation of power to another to make medical decisions. It should be used as a companion document with a living will.
A special type of power of attorney that gives your agent the power to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself.
A written document in which an individual designates another person to make health care and health-related decisions in the event that the individual becomes incapacitated.
An advance directive that goes into effect in the event that a patient who has completed such a document loses decisional capacity. Allows an individual to name a person(s) who is empowered to make health care decisions when the individual becomes incapacitated.
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC) is a legal document whereby an individual grants authority to someone else to make health care decisions for him or her. These decisions are made if the individual becomes incapacitated and include the granting or withholding of life-sustaining treatment.
This document allows you to choose someone to make decisions for you regarding health care and medical treatment if you are incapacitated or incompetent to make your own medical decisions.
a legal document that authorizes another person to make health-care decisions for you if you became physically or mentally unable to make these decisions yourself.
A written advance directive in which an individual names someone else (the "agent" or "proxy" or "attorney-in-fact) to make health care decisions in the event the individual becomes unable to make these decisions.
( Also called Medical Power of Attorney.) Durable Power of Attorney for Finances and Property ( Also called Financial Power of Attorney.) Estate Tax Executor (See Personal Representative.) Fiduciary
A written legal document that gives another person the authority to act on your behalf with regard to your health care decisions.
A document in which an individual nominates a person as his or her agent to make health care decisions for him or her if he or she is not able to give medical consent. This document can give the agent the power to with- draw or continue life sustaining procedures.
A document, created while you are still capable of expressing your desires regarding medical treatment and life supports that give someone you designate the authority to make medical decisions for you if you are rendered incapable of making them yourself. Click the links below for the other pages of the glossary. Glossary E-H Glossary I-M Glossary N-R Glossary S-W Site Map 1 Site Map 2 Site Map 3 Site Map 4 Resources/Partners Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search Your Dollars And Sense-Budgets.Com Helping You To Keep More Of Your Dollars And Cents
Document allowing your agent to direct your health care if you are unable to do so, avoiding a guardianship of the person. As with the durable power of attorney for property, it is durable because, unlike an ordinary power of attorney, it survives a subsequent incompetence.
A document which appoints another person to make decisions regarding your medical treatment and to act on your behalf in regards to health care only should you meet the medical conditions described above. (This may be a part of a general Durable Power of Attorney that includes legal and financial matters, or it may be a document that deals only in health care decisions.)
A legal document giving another person power to make health care decisions on your behalf.
A legal document in which a competent person gives another person (called an attorney-in-fact) the power to make health care decisions for him or her if unable to make those decisions. A DPA can include guidelines for the attorney-in-fact to follow in making decisions on behalf of the incompetent person.
A written legal document which grants decision-making powers related to health care to an agent; generally provides for removal of a physician, the right to have the incompetent patient discharged against medical advice, the right to medical records, and the right to have the patient moved or to engage other treatment.
A special kind of durable power of attorney that designates a particular person or persons to make decisions regarding health care for a person who has become unable to make or communicate their own health care decisions.
A written document which one person (the principal) uses to empower another person (the agent) to act on her behalf, in making health care decisions, should the principal become incapacitated. Decisions the agent is typically empowered to make include what life sustaining measures are to be used, consent for surgical operations, admission to a nursing home, and care in the event of senility or other disability.
A special power of attorney that gives someone else the legal authority to make health care decisions for you in the event you are unable to make them for yourself; see also Health Care Directive.
A legal document that allows an individual to appoint an agent to make all decisions regarding health care, including choices regarding health care providers, medical treatment, and, in the later stages of the disease, end-of-life decisions.
A durable power of attorney for health care. Allows a representative to make medical decisions only for an individual who is seriously ill or incapacitated. Also called a health care proxy.