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Advance Health Care Planning

By: David Godfrey
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies
Edited by: Abbie E. Goldberg
Subject:Gender & Sexuality (general)
Keywords:advance care planning; health care

The goal of advance health care planning is to assure that when a person lacks capacity, the health care decisions that are made reflect the decisions that the person would have made if he or she had been capable of doing so. This entry explores why advance health care planning is important for LGBTQ adults, the basis of the right to make health care decisions, and the advance health care planning process.

Advance Health Care Planning for LGBTQ Adults

Advance health care planning for LGBTQ adults made headlines in 2007 with reports of the ordeal [Page 35]of Lisa Pond and Janice Longbehn. Lisa suffered a brain aneurysm in Miami, Florida, shortly before she, Janice, and their four children were to depart on a cruise. Despite Janice’s offer ...

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  Godfrey, D. (2016). Advance health care planning. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lgbtq studies (Vol. 1, pp. 35-38). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483371283.n20
  
  Godfrey, David. "Advance Health Care Planning." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, edited by Goldberg, Abbie E., 35-38. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483371283.n20.
  
  Godfrey, D. 2016. Advance Health Care Planning. In: Abbie E. Goldberg Editor, 2016. The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 35-38 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483371283.n20> [Accessed 10 Aug 2022].
  
  Godfrey, David. "Advance Health Care Planning." The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. Edited by Abbie E. Goldberg. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016, pp. 35-38. SAGE Knowledge. 10 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483371283.n20.
  
  Godfrey, David (2016). Advance health care planning In: Goldberg, Abbie E. (Ed.),Advance health care planning The SAGE encyclopedia of lgbtq studies Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2016:35-38. doi:10.4135/9781483371283.n20
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