What Is Organ And Tissue Donation?
When a person permits his/her organs (such as eyes or kidneys) and other parts of the body (such as skin) to be removed after death to be transplanted for use by another person or to be used for experimental purposes.
Other District of Columbia Estate Planning FAQs
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What Is An Advance Directive?
A: A written document that tells what a person wants or does not want if he/she in the future cannot make his/her wishes known regarding medical treatment. -
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Do I Need To Have It Notarized?
A: No. The advance directive can be properly executed with the signature of two witnesses. -
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What Should I Do With The Advance Directive After I Sign It?
A: Give your doctor, nurse and person you appoint to make your medical decisions on your behalf, your family and anyone else who might be involved in your care, a copy of … More -
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What Is Artificial Nutrition And Hydration?
A: When food and water are fed to a person through a tube. -
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What Is An Autopsy?
A: It's an examination done on a dead body to find the cause of death. -
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What Is Comfort Care?
A: Care that helps to keep a person comfortable but does not make him/her better. Bathing, turning, keeping a person's lips moist are types of comfort care. -
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What Is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr)?
A: Treatment to try and restart a person's breathing or heartbeat. CPR may be done by pushing on the chest, by putting a tube down the throat, or by other treatment. -
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What Is A Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care?
A: An advance directive that appoints someone to make medical decisions for a person if in the future he/she cannot make his/her own medical decisions. -
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What Is Life-Sustaining Treatment?
A: Any medical treatment that is used to keep a person from dying. A breathing machine, CPR, and artificial nutrition and hydration are examples of lifesustaining … -
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What Is A Persistent Vegetative State?
A: When a person is unconscious with no hope of regaining consciousness even with medical treatment. The body may move and eyes may be open, but as far as anyone can … More
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