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advance directives  

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  • Advance directive is the general term used to describe statements given in advance of incapacitating illness regarding how individuals want medical decisions made for them if they become too ill to speak for themselves. Advance directives come in two basic forms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Advance Directives]

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