Power of Attorney for Health Care

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• durable power of attorney for health care — A legal document that you can use to give someone permission to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to make those decisions yourself. The person you name to represent you may be called your agent, attorney in fact, health care proxy …   Law dictionary

• Power-of-attorney for health-care decision-making — See: Proxy. health care …   Medical dictionary

• Power of attorney — For the television program, see Power of Attorney (TV show). A power of attorney (POA) or letter of attorney is a written authorization to represent or act on another s behalf in private affairs, business, or some other legal matter. The person… …   Wikipedia

• power of attorney — power of attorney: an instrument containing an authorization for one to act as the agent of the principal that terminates esp. upon revocation by the principal or death of the principal or agent – called also letter of attorney; du·ra·ble power… …   Law dictionary

• health care directive — A legal document that allows you to set out written wishes for your medical care, name a person to make sure those wishes are carried out, or both. (See also: living will, durable power of attorney for health care, advance directive) Category:… …   Law dictionary

• Advance health care directive — Living Will redirects here. For the 2011 film starring Ryan Dunn, see Living Will. Wills, trusts …   Wikipedia

• durable power of attorney — see power of attorney Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. durable power of attorney …   Law dictionary

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• Health care proxy — A health care proxy is a power of attorney that allows an agent to make health care decisions in the event that the primary individual is incapable of executing such decisions. [cite web|publisher=University of Miami School of… …   Wikipedia

• Health care proxy — A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision maker in the event that a person should become unable to make medical decisions… …   Medical dictionary

• Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the United States — Health spending per capita, in U.S. dollars PPP adjusted, with the U.S. and Canada compared amongst other first world nations. Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the United States are often made by government, public health and… …   Wikipedia