[Sca-cooks] A small OT lecture from Auntie 'Lainie

[Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur]

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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