Healthcare proxy
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healthcare-proxy-276-15585707
title:
Healthcare proxy
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In the field of medicine, a healthcare proxy is a document with which a patient appoints an agent to legally make healthcare decisions on behalf of the patient, when the patient is incapable of making and executing the healthcare decisions stipulated in the proxy. Once the healthcare proxy is effective, the agent continues making healthcare decisions as long as the primary individual is legally competent to decide. Moreover, in legal-administrative functions, the healthcare proxy is a legal inst
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encyclopedia
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Legal instrument for healthcare decisions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_proxy
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2023-11-08T04:48:11Z
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