Use of powers of attorney in the health care setting
Burkett, T.M.
Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association 86(11): 553-555
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-1876 PMID: 8106920 Document Number: 413375
This article explains the various types of powers of attorney which may be used in the health care setting in Oklahoma. In conjunction with the new Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act, the legislature made significant changes to the statues governing powers of attorney. The effective date of this new legislation was September 1, 1992.