Health care powers of attorney are also called "durable" powers of attorney because they:

A) must be in the patient's possession at all times.
B) can only be revoked by the patient's personal physician.
C) remain in effect once a patient loses decision-making capacity.
D) do not require anyone to make decisions on the patient's behalf.


Answer: C) remain in effect once a patient loses decision-making capacity.

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

People with which blood type can receive only one type of blood? 

A. A B. B C. AB D. O E. Rh-positive

Health Professions

Which handheld retractors are frequently used to retract tissues during thyroidectomy?

a. Green b. Harrington c. malleable d. Weinberg

Health Professions

Each member of the neonatal transport team must be proficient in which of the following skills?

A) CPRB) placement of umbilical artery and vein catheters C) suturing D) wound care

Health Professions

Using an ICD-9-CM code book, select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statements given in the following questions

Newborn esophageal atresia

Health Professions