advance directives
Healthcare preference documents
Advance directives are legal documents that specify a person's wishes for medical treatment if they become unable to communicate or make decisions for themselves.
These typically include living wills, which outline preferences for life-sustaining measures, and healthcare power of attorney, which designates someone to make medical decisions on the patient's behalf.
Her advance directives stated she did not want to be kept on life support.
Creating advance directives while healthy ensures that end-of-life care aligns with one's values.
Pre-stated medical treatment preferences
- DNREnd-of-life medical directive
- do not resuscitateOrder refusing emergency revival
- healthcare proxyAppointed medical decision-maker
- medical proxyAuthorized treatment decision-maker
life support · ventilator · resuscitation · palliative care · hospice · critical care · intensive care · treatment plan
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- patient rightsLegal protections for care recipients
- beneficenceActive desire to help
dignity · bioethics · decision-making capacity · best interests · bodily integrity · right to refuse · quality of life · sanctity of life
Treatment for dying patients
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- dying processTransition toward death
- last wishesDying person's stated desires
hydration · natural death · peaceful death · death with dignity · organ donation
Legal authority for another's decisions
- durable power of attorneyLegal proxy surviving incapacity
- notarizedOfficially certified authentic
- witnessOne who attests
- legal documentFormally binding written record
surrogate · agent · principal · capacity · competency · revocation · guardianship · conservatorship
Patient's treatment preferences
- values clarificationProcess of identifying core beliefs
- loved onesCherished people in life
- difficult conversationsUncomfortable but necessary dialogues
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
living will
Pre-stated medical treatment preferences
- DNREnd-of-life medical directive
- do not resuscitateOrder refusing emergency revival
- healthcare proxyAppointed medical decision-maker
medical proxy · life support · ventilator · resuscitation · palliative care · hospice · critical care · intensive care · treatment plan · comfort care
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- patient rightsLegal protections for care recipients
beneficence · dignity · bioethics · decision-making capacity · best interests · bodily integrity · right to refuse · quality of life · sanctity of life · goals of care
terminal care
Treatment for dying patients
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- dying processTransition toward death
last wishes · hydration · natural death · peaceful death · death with dignity · organ donation
power of attorney
Legal authority for another's decisions
- durable power of attorneyLegal proxy surviving incapacity
- notarizedOfficially certified authentic
- witnessOne who attests
legal document · surrogate · agent · principal · capacity · competency · revocation · guardianship · conservatorship · enforceability
goals of care
Patient's treatment preferences
- values clarificationProcess of identifying core beliefs
- loved onesCherished people in life
- difficult conversationsUncomfortable but necessary dialogues
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- medical decisionstreatment planning, informed consent, treatment options, clinical judgment, DNR
- patient carepatient care, patient safety, care planning, chronic care, disease management
- patient rightspatient rights, informed consent, patient advocacy, patient advocate, medical privacy
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Medical care given despite refusal
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