Medical Directive

medical directive,

a general term for documents that provide direction on the type of care a person desires. See also advance directive, living will.

Medical Directive

A specific and comprehensive advance care document developed for a person which addresses and tries to anticipate that person’s health care needs at the end of his life

medical directive

End-of-life decisions A specific and comprehensive advance care document–being developed for health care at the end of life. See Advance directive, Durable power of attorney, Living will.

Medical Directive–optimal components

Introduction Provides an explanation of the document's purpose

Paradigmatic scenarios Provides examples that help the individual understand various illness circumstances and evaluate the types of life-sustaining interventions that might be employed; the PSs would–in theory–help the individual designate his/her preferences with respect to specific treatments

Proxy decision-maker Section provides details on who would make the decisions in the event of the individual becoming mentally incompetent

Organ donation Yes/no, what, to whom, for what

Personal statement The individual's 'wrap-up'

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the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench determined that it was in the best interests of a 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness, who signed an advance medical directive refusing blood products, to be apprehended by child welfare officials and administered the blood products.

Parental educational opt-outs and children's rights by McKay-Panos, Linda / LawNow

The will-based estate plan incorporates the following four documents: a last will and testament, a living will, a financial power of attorney, and an advance medical directive or medical power of attorney.

Last Will and Testament Will-Based Vs. Trust-Based Estates by Bruno Berentsen / Law community

When Cecala hired a local elder attorney two years ago to help with his mom's estate and medical directive issues, the attorney told them he would have recommended a nonprofit facility that charged half as much.

NAVIGATING ELDER LAW by Lauren Young / BusinessWeek

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