Acronyms

HCP

Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Legal, Financial, Wikipedia.
(redirected from Health care proxy)
Category filter:
AcronymDefinition
HCPHUD (Housing and Urban Development) Consolidated Plan
HCPHabitat Conservation Plan
HCPHealth Care Provider
HCPHSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) Climate Partnership
HCPHana Cloud Platform (software)
HCPHealth Care Professional
HCPHuman Connectome Project (brain research)
HCPHearing Conservation Program
HCPHitachi Content Platform (object storage system)
HCPHabeas Corpus Petition
HCPHexachlorophene
HCPHexagonal Close Packed
HCPHealth Care Proxy (legal document)
HCPHard Copy Printer
HCPHost Command Protocol
HCPHelp Center Pluggable Protocol
HCPHealth Communication Partnership (various locations)
HCPHardened Cement Paste
HCPHemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
HCPHealth Cash Plan (insurance)
HCPHealth and Care Partnership (UK)
HCPHydrocephalus (neurology)
HCPHigh Card Points (bridge)
HCPHandgun Carry Permit (various locations)
HCPHereditary Coproporphyria
HCPHealth Care Practitioner
HCPHost Cell Protein
HCPHazard Communication Program
HCPHost Configuration Protocol
HCPHuman Capital Project (various organizations)
HCPHuman Capital Plan
HCPHealth Communication Project (Uganda)
HCPHard Core Pornography
HCPHosting Control Panel (FusionXHost)
HCPHomeless Court Program (various locations)
HCPHealthy Children Project (Learning Disabilities Association of America)
HCPHitachi Computer Products
HCPHerculaneum Conservation Project
HCPHealth Central Park (Winter Garden, FL)
HCPHispania Capital Partners (equity firm; various locations)
HCPHypnotize Camp Posse (band)
HCPHonors Cooperative Program
HCPHandicap Parking
HCPhydrated cement paste
HCPHorizontal Control Point
HCPHealth Cities Programme
HCPHungarian Coalition Party (political party)
HCPHidden Critical Path
HCPHangar Control Position (US Navy)
HCPHuman Canvas Project (art)
HCPHonda Club of the Philippines
HCPHypothermal Coal Process
HCPHardness Critical Process
HCPHellenic Centre for Photography (Athens, Greece)
HCPHealth and Comfort Pack
HCPHost Command Processor
HCPHot Cargo Pad
HCPHuman Centered Process
HCPHazardous Critical Procedures
HCPHydrostatic Crush Pressure (syntactic foam)
HCPHardware Change Proposal
HCPHigh-Capacity Projectile
HCPHeater Coolant Pump
HCPHardware Command Program (Cassini mission; US NASA)
HCPHypervelocity Countermeasures Program
HCPHam, Cheese and Pickle (sandwich)
Copyright 1988-2018 AcronymFinder.com, All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
In a series of in-class role-playing and drafting exercises, I ask students to form pairs and to place themselves in the role of either attorney or client facing a hypothetical clinical scenario (19) in which they must complete an advance directive and appoint a health care proxy. I provide the students with a rather poorly drafted and over-simplified living will form, the Massachusetts Health Care Proxy form (20) and instructions, and the Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST), a form designed to be used by clinicians to help patients make immediate decisions about life sustaining treatment.
Parts II and III of this note focus on the power of attorney and health care proxy and uses case illustrations to highlight how the operation of these documents has become uncertain.
Or might a durable power of attorney, a health care proxy, or appointment of advocate designation suit the purpose?
* Jackie has no will, power of attorney, or health care proxy, and has not completed a hospital visitation form.
A medical power of attorney-also called a durable power of attorney for health care, health care proxy or appointment of health care agent--is one type of advance directive and is a legal document.
Now that person, knowing his children, had appointed a friend to be his health care proxy, and the friend was able to authorize the Do Not Resuscitate order despite the fact that the children were threatening lawsuits.
After appropriate deliberation, my wife (who is her health care proxy) and I gave consent for surgery.
The conversations between doctor and patient would include living wills, making a close relative or a trusted friend your health care proxy, learning about hospice as an option for the terminally ill, and information about pain medications for people suffering chronic discomfort.
They encouraged him to fill out a health care proxy form, and contacted his daughter.
Stan and I keep in contact; in fact he has me as his Health Care Proxy.
Copyright © 2003-2025 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.