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

Preferred term

Living Wills  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

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In other languages

  • Testament de vie

    French

  • Dernières volontés
  • Testament biologique
  • Testament de fin de vie

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VQ6LQ982-6

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