H.Res.217 - Supporting the rights of individuals to make medical decisions as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and encouraging all Americans to set forth their wishes in living wills that designate health care surrogates and in other advance directives.

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4/14/2005--Introduced.Reaffirms the rights of individuals to make medical decisions as guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.Urges all Americans to: (1) set forth their health care wishes in living wills that designate health care surrogates or in other advance dire
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4/14/2005--Introduced.
Reaffirms the rights of individuals to make medical decisions as guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Urges all Americans to:
(1) set forth their health care wishes in living wills that designate health care surrogates or in other advance directives; and
(2) talk to their families about preferences for medical treatment in the event they are incapable of making informed health care decisions.


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