Advance health care directive — Living Will redirects here. For the 2011 film starring Ryan Dunn, see Living Will. Wills, trusts … 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
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
advance directive — /ædvæns dəˈrɛktɪv/ (say advans duh rektiv) noun an instruction as to the type and level of health care a person wishes to receive in the case of the person being no longer able to indicate his or her wishes, usually applying to the situation of… …
advance directive — n: a document (as a living will or durable power of attorney) in which a person expresses his or her wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of incapacitation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. advance directive … 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
Health coaching — is becoming recognized as a new way to help individuals manage their illnesses and conditions, especially those of a chronic nature. Health coaching is a method of guiding another to discover and address their own ambivalence to health behavior… … Wikipedia
directive — advance d. a legal document giving instructions as to the type and degree of medical care to be administered in the event that the person signing the document becomes mentally incompetent during the course of a terminal illness, or becomes… … Medical dictionary
Advance Directives Act — The Texas Advance Directives Act (1999), also known as the Texas Futile Care Law, describes certain provisions that are now Chapter 166 of the Texas Health Safety Code. Controversy over these provisions mainly centers on Section 166.046,… … Wikipedia
Health freedom movement — The term health freedom movement is used to describe the loose coalition of consumers, activists, alternative medicine practitioners and producers of products around the world who are pushing for unhindered freedom of choice in healthcare. The… … Wikipedia
