Appoints a health-care agent, or proxy, who can make medical decisions on a person's behalf, interpret written instructions and respond to changing health and medical needs.
A health care proxy is recognized in some states as an alternate method for naming a person to act on one's behalf in health care decision making. In a few states, a health care proxy may be included as part of a living will.
A delegation of authority to a health care agent.
a document by which a person may designate an agent to make all health care decisions for them should they become unable to express their wishes to their doctor or hospital
a document delegating the authority to make health care decisions, executed in accordance with the statutory requirements
a document delegating to another individual the authority to make health care decisions
a document designating the person you would want to make health care decisions for you if you ever cannot make them yourself
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a document in which you may designate an individual to make decisions concerning your health care
a document in which you may name someone to make health care decisions on your behalf at any time you are incapable of making or communicating such decisions yourself
a document signed by you in the presence of witnesses, by which you grant to another individual the power to make health care decisions in the event that you are incapable of doing so for yourself
a document that allows you to appoint a person to act as your health care agent to make health care decisions on your behalf in the event you are unable to make them for yourself
a document that allows you to appoint a person you trust as your health care agent authorized to make medical decisions on your behalf in the event you are unable to make those decisions yourself
a document that lets you name someone to make health care decision for you in the event that you are unable to speak for yourself
a document which allows you to designate a person to
a durable power of attorney for medical matters
a legal document that a person fills out, signs and has witnessed by two other people
a legal document that lets you name a healthcare agent - that is, someone you trust to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make decisions for yourself in the future
a legal document through which you appoint someone to make decisions about your care for you if you are unable to make those decisions for yourself
a more powerful document, however, and would be upheld by the court
an actual person who you have designated to stand in your place and make a health care decision on your behalf
an agent (a person) appointed to make a patient's medical decisions if the patient is unable to do so
an individual that person can appoint to make mental health treatment-related decisions for them during a time they can no longer make them for themselves
a person appointed to make medical decisions when one cannot make these decisions for medical reasons
a simple legal document that allows you to choose someone to make medical decisions for you, if, for any reason, you are unable to make these decisions yourself
a written document that appoints a health care agent to make health care decisions in the event you lose your decision making capacity
a written document where you appoint someone you trust to make medical decisions for you if you were unable to make these for yourself
Written statement appointing a health care agent who will make all medical decisions on one's behalf should one become incapacitated.
A document authorizing someone else to make health care decisions for you if you are unable.
Also called a durable power of attorney for health care, medical power of attorney or appointment of health care agent, a legal document in which you name a person to make medical decisions for you any time you are unable to make your own medical decisions. Unless you formally appoint someone to decide for you, many health care professionals and institutions will make critical decisions for you that might not be based on your wishes. In some situations, a court may have to appoint a guardian unless you have already done so.
Also referred to as durable power of attorney, a health care proxy is a form of advance notice that assigns an individual to make decisions for a person who is not capable of making his or her own decisions.
A person named in a healthcare directive or durable power of attorney for finances to make medical decisions for the person who signed the document, called the principal. A healthcare proxy may also be known as an attorney-in-fact, agent or patient advocate. (Source www.nolo.com)
a document under which an individual appoints another individual, referred to as a health care agent, to make health care decisions in the event on incapacity.
See Health Care Power of Attorney.
Someone designated to make a broad range of decisions for a person who is not able to give informed consent.
See "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care."
Appoints an agent or agents to make your health care decisions if you are unable to make your own decisions.
In New York State, an agent may be designated to act on a patient's behalf, should he or she become incapacitated.