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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Advance Directives
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Advance Directives
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Patient Care Planning > Advance Care Planning > Advance Directives

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Advance Directives  

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  • 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) Declarations in which currently competent MENTALLY ILL PERSONS assert in advance their desire to accept or reject psychiatric interventions that they may be deemed to require in the future. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

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