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)
Advance Directive Adherence -- standards : Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia : guidelines and standards for evidence-based care / [edited by] Gary A. Martin, Marwan N. Sabbagh
Advance Directives -- ethnology. : Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making / editors, Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette
Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions
Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions
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advance notice. : Labor standards in the United States and Canada / Richard N. Block, Karen Roberts, and R. Oliver Clarke