advance directive
noun1
A legal document outlining a person's end-of-life medical and healthcare wishes.
- The use of a generalized standard, as well as the frequent imprecision of advance directive terminology, underlines the importance of consultation between a declarant and those persons (including health-care agents and medical professionals) likely to be involved in administration of an advance directive.1993, Norman L. Cantor, Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 73:
- Collapsology has been likened to the cultural equivalent of an advance directive in the medical world, whereby you specify what actions should be taken for your health if you are no longer able to make decisions[…]2023, Robert R. Janes, Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN: