An 80-year-old woman has been admitted to your acute care facility.She is unconscious and unable to speak for herself,but she had prepared an advance directive stating that her son should make medical decisions on her behalf.You recognize this type of advance directive as:

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A DPAHC is an individual appointed by the patient,a surrogate,to speak for the patient in all matters related to health care.The PSDA is not an advance directive; it is federal legislation that allows the individual rather than a physician to have rights to be the ultimate authority in the decision to forego life-sustaining treatment for herself.A living will is restricted to represent a person's wishes specific to a particular condition of a terminal illness and applies only to that case.A directive to physician is not a recognized advance directive.

An 80-Year-Old Woman Has Been Admitted to Your Acute Care