Another term for (Durable) Power of Attorney for Health Care (defined below), or health-care proxy (defined above).
Authority to act for another regarding medical decisions
a broader document, which can provide the same sort of instructions as a Living Will, but also names a trusted agent to make a variety of medical and personal decisions for you in the event you are incapacitated
a document that allows you to name an agent to make medical treatment decisions for you in accordance with your wishes if you are not able to do so yourself
a document that empowers someone else to act for you in making decisions about your medical treatment if you are unable to express your own wishes
a document that enables you to appoint someone you trust to make decisions about your medical care if you cannot make those decisions yourself
a legal document that lets you appoint someone (usually called a health care agent or health care proxy) to make medical treatment decisions for you not only at the end of life but any time you are unable to speak for yourself
a simple legal document that confers in many countries the authority to make medical decisions on your behalf to anyone of your choosing
A power of attorney that grants powers to make medical decisions for the principal.
This special power of attorney document allows you to designate another person to make medical decisions on your behalf, also review the Substitution Decisions Act in the Money Management Newsletter Library.
(a form of advance directive), is written instructions that appoint someone to make decisions about the senior's medical care, when that person can't.
Legal power granted to someone that allows that person to make medical decisions on behalf of the grantee they become physically or mentally incapable of doing it themselves.
A statement that authorizes another person or "agent" to make healthcare decisions for you.
A document that allows an individual to appoint someone else to make decisions about his/her medical care if he or she is unable to communicate. This type of advance directive may also be called a "health care proxy," "durable power of attorney for health care," or "appointment of a health care agent." The person appointed may be called a health care agent, surrogate, attorney-in-fact, or proxy.
A document that allows you to designate another person to make medical decisions on your behalf.
