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Descriptor
English
:
Living Wills
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Voluntad en Vida
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Testamentos Quanto à Vida
Tree Number:
I01.880.604.583.020.500
I01.880.604.583.927.500
N03.706.535.020.500
N04.590.233.624.124.050.500
Definition
English
:
Written, witnessed declarations in which
persons
request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (
Bioethics
Thesaurus)
See Related
English
:
Right to Die
History Note
English
:
91; was see RIGHT TO DIE 1987-90; was see WILLS 1977-86
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
EH
ethnology
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
29008
Unique Identifier:
D016224
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