A Medical Power of Attorney Serves To

A medical power of attorney serves to:

A) give the physician the legal authority to end the person's life if the person is in extreme pain and no recovery is possible
B) assign the decisions about how a person will be cared for to a friend or family member, should the person become too ill to make these decisions
C) legally bind a physician to provide "all due care" for the person up to the moment of natural death
D) advise the next of kin that the person does not wish to use heroic measures to sustain life