It also led to creation of "advance guidelines" that summarize a person's wishes regarding "extraordinary means" of maintaining life. It also allowed patients to appoint a health care representative empowered to make decisions for a patient when she or he loses the ability to make decisions 10.
Asimismo, permitió a los pacientes nombrar un "delegado" del cuidado de la salud, quien debe tomar las decisiones por el paciente en el momento en que pierda la capacidad de hacerlo 10.