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- Title: Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
- Author : Issues in Law & Medicine
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 280 KB
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Prefatory Note Since the Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Commissioner, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), significant change has occurred in state legislation on health-care decision making. Every state now has legislation authorizing the use of some sort of advance health-care directive. All but a few states authorize what is typically known as a living will. Nearly all states have statutes authorizing the use of powers of attorney for health care. In addition, a majority of states have statutes allowing family members, and in some cases close friends, to make healthcare decisions for adult individuals who lack capacity.