"That's 'don't care' power," said Randy Cole, chief technologist of the Texas Instruments audio business.
■ Is a power of attorney the same thing as a health care power of attorney?
Some small business owners sue to stop the Internal Revenue Service's health care "power grab".
Such orders should be written into a living will or health care power of attorney and discussed with family members.
A health care power of attorney gives the named agent the authority to make medical decisions on behalf of someone else.
His responsibilities will span a range of industries on which Lehman focuses its investment banking efforts, including health care, power and utilities, financial institutions, consumer products, technology and manufacturing, the company said.
My mom, who had Alzheimer's, died in 2008, and this was a very contentious issue separating me and my oldest sister who, alas, had health-care power of attorney.
The Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Arizona, where Williams is cryonically preserved, requires presentation of a health-care power of attorney to accept a body, or, short of such a document, the agreement of a guardian, spouse or a majority of a dead person's children, said Ron Carmichael, the facility's lawyer.
Also called a health care agent or health care power of attorney, this authorizes someone to make medical decisions on your behalf if you can't.
Participants represented the following distinctions: municipal and provincial government, economic development, entrepreneurism and business, health care, power generation, forest products industry, tourism and culture, and education.
