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Difference between revisions of "Adults and Consent to Health Care"

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===How a temporary substitute decision-maker is chosen===
===How a temporary substitute decision-maker is chosen===
Under the [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-181/latest/rsbc-1996-c-181.html#sec16_smooth law in BC], your health care provider, in choosing a temporary substitute decision-maker, must ask people in the following order:
Under the [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/rsbc-1996-c-181/latest/rsbc-1996-c-181.html#sec16_smooth law in BC], your health care provider, in choosing a '''temporary substitute decision-maker''', must ask people in the following order:
#your spouse or partner (including a same-sex partner)
#your spouse or partner (including a same-sex partner)
#an adult child
#an adult child
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