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Living Will
- See Also
- Definition
- Advance Directive indicates health care preferences
- Determined while patient is cognitively intact
- May include directions regarding life prolongation
- Feeding tubes
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Activated if patient becomes incapacitated
Living Wills (C0023914) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | 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) |
| Concepts | Regulation or Law (T089) |
| MSH | D016224 |
| English | Living Will, Living Wills |
| Parent Concepts | Advance Directives (C0001683), Wills (C0043177) |
| Sources | MEDLINEPLUS, MSH Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
