An increasingly popular procedure for facilitating health care decisions in the case of diminished competency is the use of _______________, a type of advance directive in which one person assigns another person authority to perform specified actions on his or her behalf.
A) Durable power of attorney (DPA)
B) Living will
C) Court-appointed guardianship
D) Defrayed responsibility

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A Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) for health care is a legal document that allows an individual to designate another person to make health care decisions on their behalf if they become unable to do so. This is different from a living will, which specifies an individual's wishes regarding medical treatment, and court-appointed guardianship, which is a legal process where a court appoints someone to make decisions for another. Defrayed responsibility is not a recognized term in this context.

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