advance directive
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nounDefinition of ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
: a legal document (as a living will) signed by a competent person to provide guidance for medical and health-care decisions (as the termination of life support or organ donation) in the event the person becomes incompetent to make such decisions
First Known Use of ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
1984
ad·vance di·rec·tive
noun \əd-ˈvan(t)s-də-ˈrek-tiv, -dī-\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
: a legal document (as a living will) signed by a living competent person in order to provide guidance for medical and health-care decisions (as the termination of life support and organ donation) in the event that the person becomes incompetent to make such decisions
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