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The living will and durable power of attorney of a person and if the person is unable to speak for itself who should have the right to take decision about the person.
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The decision of life or death depend on the person’s own will. The various types of the directives are made by the government of any nation. These directives are very helpful in case of those patients which are unable to take their decision due to their abnormal physical and mental conditions. Various types of the directives like advance health care directive, durable power of the attorney for health care, and life care advance directive are founded for making the correct decision regarding the condition of the patients.
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