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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy

  • See Also
  1. Advance Care Planning
  2. Advance Directive
  3. Provider's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
  4. Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)
  5. Living Will
  6. Medical Directive
  7. Advanced Directives in the Emergency Department
  8. Spiritual Assessment
  • Definitions
  1. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
    1. Person assigned as decision-making proxy
    2. Determined when patient cognitively intact
    3. Activated if patient becomes incapacitated
      1. Carries out patient's expressed wishes in this case