advance care planning
type: Concept
narrower: advance directives

advance directives
type: Concept
broader: systems of care
broader: jurisprudence
broader: aging and older development
broader: advance care planning
definition: Advance directive is the general term used to describe statements given in advance of incapacitating illness regarding how individuals want medical decisions made for them if they become too ill to speak for themselves. Advance directives come in two basic forms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Advance Directives]
narrower: living wills

aging and older development
type: Concept
narrower: advance directives

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: advance directives

jurisprudence
type: Concept
narrower: advance directives

living wills
type: Concept
broader: advance directives

systems of care
type: Concept
narrower: advance directives