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Does a health care proxy cover only decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment?

April 26, 2017cover decisions force health care life-sustaining proxy Task treatment withdraw

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Does a health care proxy cover only decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment?

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No. Unless stated otherwise by the person who creates the proxy, an agent can make all health care decisions that the patient could make while competent, from routine treatment decisions to decisions about life-sustaining treatment.