| It would have been helpful if the patient had formalized those wishes by signing an advance directive. |
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| And in the situation postulated the patient no longer has the capacity to revoke his advance directive. |
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| Generally, absent a living will or other advance directive, a spouse assumes decision making power if someone becomes incapacitated. |
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| Your loved one may have left a clear guide to end-of-life choices, such as a living will or an advance directive. |
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| The operator could consult a lawyer to determine whether or not to follow the advance directive. |
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| However, if you have an advance directive document that was created before this date, it will still be honored under New Hampshire law. |
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| All 50 states have some type of advance directive legislation, though the specifics can vary greatly. |
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| The advance directive may appoint a proxy who will assume responsibility for ensuring that the person's wishes are respected. |
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| She had severe dementia, was bed-bound, had no relatives or advance directive. |
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| In all Canadian provinces, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, an advance directive can name a proxy. |
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| Sometimes, medical staff may not be aware that an advance directive exists. |
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| An advance directive that expresses wishes for health or personal care is called an instructional directive. |
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| My mother got it wrong because she specified her wishes in an advance directive. |
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| An advance directive that names a proxy is called a proxy directive. |
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| If, when you do not have capacity to make medical decisions, you want the decisions of your health care agent to be followed even if you object to them, you must make that clear in your advance directive. |
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| An advance directive only becomes active if the person who made the advance directive is deemed incapable of making an informed decision about the matter in question. |
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| A living will, sometimes called an advance directive, is a document that states your written instructions about your wishes for future health or personal care. |
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| The individual may have expressed the wishes in a variety of ways, which could include discussions with the substitute or a written advance directive. |
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| In the five provinces which recognize instructional directives and in the Northwest Territories, an advance directive may be either a proxy directive or an instructional directive or both. |
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| A verbal expression of more current wishes of the patient on the same issue covered by an earlier advance directive can supersede an earlier written version of the advance directive. |
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| Advance care planning may result in the creation of an advance directive. |
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| And, if family members or your health care providers disagree about what is right for you, an advance directive document can help you avoid having decisions made by the probate court. |
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| When the tissue is from a cadaver, there is a legally appropriate advance directive that appropriately specifies the use of tissue for stem cell research, or there is authorization from an appropriate third party. |
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| You may want to include your wishes about DNR orders in your advance directive, in the event that you are not able to make your preference known in the future. |
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| If you involve your family or whanau in preparing your advance directive, or at least inform them of it, they will be better equipped to support you and to advocate for your wishes in a crisis. |
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| In the modern world, an advance directive is the friend of the old person. |
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| Such instructions are called an advance directive. |
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| A person must be capable in order to make an advance directive. |
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| Whether a person gives too little or too much detail in their advance directive, there may well be interpretation problems, with physicians and family members sometimes disagreeing on the meaning. |
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