Senior Care Glossary Definition (English)
Instruction directive Defined
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"This form of advance directive is a written or oral statement of treatment preferences created to guide the choices of physicians or other decisionmakers when the patient is no longer able to indicate his preferences. It can be very specific, indicating specific treatment preferences for specific medical circumstances, or it may be more general, stating only (for example) that the patient does not wish to undergo “extraordinary” treatment measures when recovery is improbable and death is near. The written form of an instruction directive is also referred to as a living will."
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