Health-Care Proxies __________

question 28

Multiple Choice

Health-care proxies __________.

• A) are not recognized in the United States
• B) cannot make medical decisions for patients in persistent vegetative states
• C) are an important means of covering children and adolescents
• D) are expensive and, therefore, only available to higher-SES patients

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