title: The health care agent: protecting the choices and interests of patients who lack capacity.
authors.affiliation: New York State Task Force on Life & the Law, USA.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Swidler
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026683:Advisory Committees; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009518:New York; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*