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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a legal document that spells out the kinds of medical care and treatment [a person does] or [does] not want if [they are] terminally ill and unable to communicate [their] wishes.  2, record 1, English, - living%20will

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A living will is good only in case of a terminal illness, while a durable power of attorney for health care can apply to any illness. Second, a durable power of attorney for health care allows you to appoint another person to act for you; a living will does not allow for this provision.  3, record 1, English, - living%20will

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Document] dans lequel une personne nomme les soins et les traitements qu'elle désire recevoir ou qu'elle refuse [si elle devient] trop malade pour exprimer ses volontés.  3, record 1, French, - directive%20de%20fin%20de%20vie

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[...] le testament de vie est limité aux soins à donner à l'approche de la mort.  4, record 1, French, - directive%20de%20fin%20de%20vie

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

directive de fin de vie : désignation généralement utilisée au pluriel.  5, record 1, French, - directive%20de%20fin%20de%20vie

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A document that] allows you to grant a trusted person ... the authority to make medical ... decisions on your behalf [in case you become mentally incapacitated or otherwise unable to make or communicate decisions].  8, record 2, English, - health%20care%20power%20of%20attorney

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A living will is good only in case of a terminal illness, while a durable power of attorney for health care can apply to any illness. Second, a durable power of attorney for health care allows you to appoint another person to act for you; a living will does not allow for this provision.  9, record 2, English, - health%20care%20power%20of%20attorney

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The name of the document may differ depending on the jurisdiction where it is used.  10, record 2, English, - health%20care%20power%20of%20attorney

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] document juridique au moyen duquel vous donnez à une autre personne [...] le pouvoir de prendre des décisions en votre nom concernant vos soins de santé dans l'éventualité où vous devenez incapable de les prendre vous-même.  3, record 2, French, - directive%20en%20mati%C3%A8re%20de%20soins%20de%20sant%C3%A9

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Contrairement au testament biologique, ce document n'est pas limité aux soins de fin de vie.  4, record 2, French, - directive%20en%20mati%C3%A8re%20de%20soins%20de%20sant%C3%A9

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A document that communicates] a competent person’s wishes regarding health care, including life-prolonging treatment, [or that designates] a person who will have the role of making difficult health care decisions for [him or her] if [he or she becomes] unable to state [his or her] wishes.  2, record 3, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Typically two types of written advance directives exist : the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.  1, record 3, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

written advance directive: term usually used in the plural.  3, record 3, English, - written%20advance%20directive

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Document qui permet à une personne apte de faire connaître ses volontés concernant les soins qui lui seront prodigués si elle ne peut plus le faire ou de nommer une personne qui prendra ces décisions à sa place en cas d'incapacité.  2, record 3, French, - directive%20pr%C3%A9alable%20%C3%A9crite

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

directive préalable écrite : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, record 3, French, - directive%20pr%C3%A9alable%20%C3%A9crite

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Documento, dirigido al médico responsable, en el cual una persona mayor de edad, con capacidad suficiente y de manera libre, expresa las instrucciones a tener en cuenta cuando se encuentre en una situación en la que las circunstancias que se den no le permitan expresar personalmente su voluntad.  2, record 3, Spanish, - documento%20de%20voluntades%20anticipadas

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En este documento, la persona puede también designar un representante, que es el interlocutor válido y necesario con el médico o el equipo sanitario, para que la sustituya en caso que no pueda expresar su voluntad por ella misma.  2, record 3, Spanish, - documento%20de%20voluntades%20anticipadas