Anita Has Recently Learned That She Suffers from a Progressive

Multiple Choice

Anita has recently learned that she suffers from a progressive neurological disease that will, in time, rob her of her ability to make decisions for herself. She and her husband go to an attorney, and ask for a document that assigns the husband as the person who will act as her agent for medical decisions when she is no longer able to do so for herself. The document they are requesting is called a ________

A) living will
B) Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
C) durable power of attorney for health care
D) state enforced active euthanasia contract (SEAEC)