Svensk definition
Direktiv givna av patienter före en situation där de kan vara oförmögna att själva fatta beslut om sin egen vård och behandling, i vilka anges behandlingsönskemål eller fullmakt åt en tredje part att fatta beslut i deras ställe.
Advance Directives
Patientfullmakt
Engelsk definition
Declarations by patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may be incompetent to decide about their own care, stating their treatment preferences or authorizing a third party to make decisions for them. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Svenska synonymer
Vårddirektiv — Patientdirektiv
Engelska synonymer
Advance Directive — Directive, Advance — Directives, Advance — Medical Power of Attorney — Attorney Medical Power — Psychiatric Wills — Psychiatric Will — Will, Psychiatric — Wills, Psychiatric — Ulysses Contracts — Contract, Ulysses — Contracts, Ulysses — Ulysses Contract — Health Care Power of Attorney — Healthcare Power of Attorney — Attorney Healthcare Power