The primary objective of an advance directive is to
a. Give families the right to make health-care decisions for the patient
b. Follow the wishes of the person who wrote it
c. Prevent abuse of incompetent patients
d. Give the state permission to make life-or-death decisions for the patient
B
The primary purpose of the advance directive is to follow the wishes of the person who wrote it. A secondary benefit is to prevent others from being able to abuse the individual if he or she should become incompetent. The state has the right to assign independent individuals to make health-care decisions for incompetent individuals; however, an advance directive would prevent state intervention.
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