Sentence examples for a designated decision from inspiring English sources
Or she wants "all available care?" Does he have a designated decision maker?
Under the proposal, Mr. Edwards said, employers could name an outside entity as "a designated decision maker," and that entity would bear the liability if a patient was injured as a result of the denial of promised health benefits.
CONCLUSION: Among general medicine inpatients at an urban academic medical center, those who were highly religious and/or spiritual were more likely to have a designated decision maker to help with end-of-life decisions but did not differ from other patients in their likelihood of having an advance directive or DNR order.
Under the proposal discussed in today's bipartisan negotiations, Mr. Kennedy said, a "designated decision maker" could assume some or all legal liability for decisions made by an employer or an employer-sponsored health plan.
They would allow employers to shield themselves by naming an outside entity, known as "a designated decision-maker," to assume liability.
We thought that it would be ethically permissible for a designated decision-maker to seek and provide such consent on behalf of his or her constituents.
Primary outcomes were whether the patient had an advance directive, a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order, a durable power of attorney for health care, and an informally designated decision maker.
We did a simple three-step study with 80 patients and their designated decision makers.
The formal request should be submitted to the installation commander or designated decision authority, either directly, or through the DoD RAB Co-chair.
The installation commander, or other designated decision authority, will review the proposed project to determine whether the proposed project conforms to the eligibility requirements.
(One physician, a medical librarian, dug up a 2006 study reporting that 16 percent of people in intensive care units have no designated decision-maker and no identifiable family who could fill that role).
