[Role and responsibility of the healthcare proxy].
The law gives patients the right to name a healthcare proxy to support them, guide them and communicate their needs and wishes. Healthcare professionals as well as the patients themselves must be familiar with and use this right in order to ensure the provision of high-quality medical and human support.
Département de médecine interne et pneumologie, CHRU Brest, hôpital La Cavale blanche, 29609 Brest Cedex, France. bruno.sassolas@chu-brest.fr
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D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D019727:Proxy; D012380:Role