title: Use of powers of attorney in the health care setting.
abstract: This article explains the various types of powers of attorney which may be used in the health care setting in Oklahoma. In conjunction with the new Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act, the legislature made significant changes to the statues governing powers of attorney. The effective date of this new legislation was September 1, 1992.
authors.affiliation: Boone Smith Davis Hurst & Dickman, Tulsa, OK 74103.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Burkett
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D009825:Oklahoma