MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Organ Donation, Deeper Understanding, List Of Fables Characters
16 Apr 2018
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Power of attorney (poa) for personal health care. Advance care planning has been defined as the process of communication among patients, their health care providers, their families, and important others regarding the kind of care that will be considered appropriate when the patient cannot make decisions. Gives you the opportunity to make choices about your future personal care. While you are capable how you wish to be cared for in the future if you become incapable of making decisions. It is also about giving someone you trust the information and authority to act on those wishes for you. They"ll be able to act in keeping with your wishes in an emergency. No one can do it for you or make you make those choices. A written statement detailing a person"s desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent, especially an advance directive.
