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health care proxy

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health care proxy
Etymology: AS, haelth + ME, caru, sorrow; L, procuratio, a deputy
a person designated to make health care decisions for a patient who has become incapacitated.

health care proxy
End-of-life A power of attorney for health-care decision-making in which a person designates another to make medical decisions in the event that he/she becomes too incapacitated to make such decisions. See Advance medical directive, Living will.


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