"advance directive" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Norman L. Cantor, Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity, Indiana University Press, page 73",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2023, Robert R. Janes, Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, Taylor & Francis",
          "text": "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[…]",
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        "A legal document outlining a person's end-of-life medical and healthcare wishes."
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        "(medical law) A legal document outlining a person's end-of-life medical and healthcare wishes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "advance healthcare directive"
        },
        {
          "word": "living will"
        }
      ],
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wilsverklaring"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "directives anticipées"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Patientenverfügung"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dichiarazione anticipata di trattamento"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "declaração antecipada de vontade"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "voluntades anticipadas"
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1993, Norman L. Cantor, Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity, Indiana University Press, page 73",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023, Robert R. Janes, Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, Taylor & Francis",
          "text": "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[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A legal document outlining a person's end-of-life medical and healthcare wishes."
      ],
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        "(medical law) A legal document outlining a person's end-of-life medical and healthcare wishes."
      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "living will"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wilsverklaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "directives anticipées"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Patientenverfügung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dichiarazione anticipata di trattamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "declaração antecipada de vontade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "voluntades anticipadas"
    }
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