Describe two main advance directives

living wills allow individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life; Designation of Health Care Surrogate or Durable Power of Attorney (POA) for Health Care permits an individual (called a principal) to appoint another person (called an agent) to make health care decisions if the individual is unable to do so

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The international normalized ratio (INR) is used to standardize the wide variations in the reagent of prothrombin testing. What is the goal of creating the ISI value?

a. Reduce the lot-to-lot variability b. Correlate one manufacturer with another c. Obtain a reagent that has an ISI of 1.0 or close to it d. Reduce the use of anticoagulant therapy

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The sport ethic is linked to deviance in sports because athletes

A. tend to be self-centered. B. expect each other to overconform to its norms. C. come from families in which parents valued conformity. D. are unwilling to accept norms developed by others.

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