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*if, after the advance directive was made, significant changes in medical knowledge, practice, or technology have been made that might substantially benefit the adult in relation to health care. | *if, after the advance directive was made, significant changes in medical knowledge, practice, or technology have been made that might substantially benefit the adult in relation to health care. | ||
In some cases, another person, such as a family member or friend, can make medical decisions for you if you’re too ill or unable. If you’ve made a representation agreement allowing your representative to make all major and minor health decisions for you, your representative can make the medical decision. Script 180, called “Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements” has more on this. If you’re mentally incapable, a person appointed by the court as a committee (pronounced comm-it-tay) of the person can make medical decisions for you – check script [[Committeeship (Script 426)|426]], called “Committeeship”. | In some cases, another person, such as a family member or friend, can make medical decisions for you if you’re too ill or unable. If you’ve made a representation agreement allowing your representative to make all major and minor health decisions for you, your representative can make the medical decision. Script [[Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements (Script 180)|180]], called “Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements” has more on this. If you’re mentally incapable, a person appointed by the court as a committee (pronounced comm-it-tay) of the person can make medical decisions for you – check script [[Committeeship (Script 426)|426]], called “Committeeship”. | ||
But if you have no representative or committee of the person, your health care provider must choose a temporary substitute decision-maker, or TSDM, based on what the Act requires, as the next section explains. | But if you have no representative or committee of the person, your health care provider must choose a temporary substitute decision-maker, or TSDM, based on what the Act requires, as the next section explains. | ||
