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		Definition of advance directive in English: advance directivenoun A living will which gives durable power of attorney to a surrogate decision-maker, remaining in effect during the incompetency of the person making it.  Example sentencesExamples -  Discuss the patient's need to make advance directives and to identify surrogates for medical and legal decision-making.
 -  Ideally, people should draw up advance directives, either a living will or the appointment of a surrogate to act in their behalf should they become incompetent.
 -  Even when patients have completed an advance directive and durable power of attorney, decisions at the end of life can be difficult.
 -  Most Americans do not complete advance directives, such as durable powers of attorney or living wills.
 -  As nurses, we need to be knowledgeable about the legal implications of advance directives, living wills, health care agent, and conservator of person.
 -  Other issues that need to be addressed with patients and caregivers include advance directives, the living will and the durable power of attorney.
 -  The majority of the patients with advance directives had durable power of attorney for health care.
 -  Work from the United States has shown that advance directives have no effect in improving the accuracy of substituted judgments by proxies (friends or relatives).
 -  Assuming responsibility for care coordination is especially important at the end of life with the increased emphasis on advance directives and living wills.
 -  Do your parents have advance directives, such as a living will, an organ donor card or a do-not-resuscitate order?
 -  However, the patient had never signed a formal advance directive statement or assigned durable power of attorney for her health care to anyone.
 -  Future research is needed to determine whether close family relationships in the Filipino American population have an effect on completing advance directives.
 -  If patient capacity and advance directives are lacking, is a surrogate decision-maker available?
 -  Patients often were unable to participate in their own decision making about medical treatment, lacked an advance directive, and required others to act as surrogate decision makers.
 -  The Mental Capacity Bill should provide clearer guidelines on research on people with dementia, and past wishes and advance directives will need to be included.
 -  Documents about advance directives and surrogate decision makers should be prominent and easily accessed in the medical record.
 -  Your loved one may have left a clear guide to end-of-life choices, such as a living will or an advance directive.
 -  Family physicians possess knowledge they can use to guide their patients in appropriate decision-making concerning advance directives.
 -  The living will, a written advance directive, allows a competent person to indicate his or her health care preferences while cognitively and physically healthy.
 -  It is imperative to discuss a living will and advance directives with patients who have terminal cirrhosis.
 
    Definition of advance directive in US English: advance directivenoun A written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.  Example sentencesExamples -  Work from the United States has shown that advance directives have no effect in improving the accuracy of substituted judgments by proxies (friends or relatives).
 -  Assuming responsibility for care coordination is especially important at the end of life with the increased emphasis on advance directives and living wills.
 -  Your loved one may have left a clear guide to end-of-life choices, such as a living will or an advance directive.
 -  It is imperative to discuss a living will and advance directives with patients who have terminal cirrhosis.
 -  Even when patients have completed an advance directive and durable power of attorney, decisions at the end of life can be difficult.
 -  The majority of the patients with advance directives had durable power of attorney for health care.
 -  Documents about advance directives and surrogate decision makers should be prominent and easily accessed in the medical record.
 -  Patients often were unable to participate in their own decision making about medical treatment, lacked an advance directive, and required others to act as surrogate decision makers.
 -  Family physicians possess knowledge they can use to guide their patients in appropriate decision-making concerning advance directives.
 -  Other issues that need to be addressed with patients and caregivers include advance directives, the living will and the durable power of attorney.
 -  The living will, a written advance directive, allows a competent person to indicate his or her health care preferences while cognitively and physically healthy.
 -  Ideally, people should draw up advance directives, either a living will or the appointment of a surrogate to act in their behalf should they become incompetent.
 -  Do your parents have advance directives, such as a living will, an organ donor card or a do-not-resuscitate order?
 -  However, the patient had never signed a formal advance directive statement or assigned durable power of attorney for her health care to anyone.
 -  Most Americans do not complete advance directives, such as durable powers of attorney or living wills.
 -  Discuss the patient's need to make advance directives and to identify surrogates for medical and legal decision-making.
 -  The Mental Capacity Bill should provide clearer guidelines on research on people with dementia, and past wishes and advance directives will need to be included.
 -  As nurses, we need to be knowledgeable about the legal implications of advance directives, living wills, health care agent, and conservator of person.
 -  If patient capacity and advance directives are lacking, is a surrogate decision-maker available?
 -  Future research is needed to determine whether close family relationships in the Filipino American population have an effect on completing advance directives.
 
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