Gretchen has decided to complete a legal document to make her health wishes known, should she become physically incapacitated. Gretchen is working on a(n) ______.

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An advance directive is a legal document that outlines an individual's healthcare wishes in the event that they become unable to make decisions for themselves. It typically includes instructions for end-of-life care, such as whether or not to provide life-sustaining treatments. Competency evaluations and treatment assessment tools are assessments of an individual's ability to make decisions and determine appropriate treatments, while death with dignity applications pertains to an individual's right-to-die choices in certain states.

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