advance directive
Future care instructions
An advance directive is a legal document specifying a person's wishes for medical treatment if they become unable to communicate or make decisions.
It typically addresses life-sustaining measures, resuscitation preferences, and pain management: Her advance directive requested no extraordinary measures.
The term covers living wills and healthcare powers of attorney.
- wishesThings hoped for
- DNR orderDirective refusing revival efforts
- living willPre-stated medical treatment preferences
- healthcare proxyAppointed medical decision-maker
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
patient autonomy · palliative care · medical ethics · power of attorney · family meeting · informed consent · terminal illness · organ donation · agent · competency · intervention · right to choose · critical condition · capacity · life support · bioethics · end-of-life · coma
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- End-of-LifeDNR, do not resuscitate, hospice, life support, living will
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- healthcare planningcare plan, treatment plan, goals of care, care coordinator, care team
- hospice carehospice, hospice care, hospice doctor, hospice aide, hospice volunteer
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