What is a Health Care Proxy? Below is the definition from www.medicinenet.com: Health care proxy: An advance medical directive in the form of a legal document that designates another person (a ...

A health care proxy (or in some states a durable power of attorney for health care) appoints an agent to make health care decisions for you in the event of incapacity. A guardianship (or in some ...

A healthcare proxy is a document that gives someone the power to make healthcare decisions on behalf of a person who is incapacitated. Learn more here.

A healthcare power of attorney or healthcare proxy empowers someone to speak with and make decisions about another person’s medical condition, care, and treatment. A healthcare power of attorney ...

April is Health Care Decisions Month. A few years ago, when I heard of this month-long awareness campaign, I thought it odd. I didn’t understand the importance of having an ...

— Health care proxy. Also sometimes called a health care agent. You designate this person to make your health care decisions for you. — Durable power of attorney.

April was Advance Care Planning Month. Massachusetts Department of Public Health appealed to clinicians to ask all adults, regardless of age if they have a health care proxy. If they don’t have ...

Q: Before my husband passed last year, he and I spoke frequently about our health care wishes and decisions. Now that he is gone, I’m worried about who will help ...