[Sca-cooks] A small OT lecture from Auntie 'Lainie
Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur
avrahamharofeh at herald.sca.org
Sun Dec 21 09:25:21 PST 2003
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:55:12 -0600, t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net wrote:
> In most cases, the Advance Medical
> Directive will supersede the desires of any family member, but your agent
> must have a signed, witnessed, and notarized original copy to present to
> the
> hospital staff before they can act on your behalf.
In the letter of the law, you are correct. However, in most hospitals, a
photocopy of a properly executed document will suffice, under the
medicoethical principle which states that the patient's expressed wishes
must be obeyed.
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Avraham haRofeh
(mka Randy Goldberg MD)
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