Advance Directives (Living Will)

19:50 Nov 21, 2000
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical
English term or phrase: Advance Directives (Living Will)
Advance Directives (Living Will)
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Summary of answers provided
na +1here is another reference I found
Maria
na +1Instrucciones Anticipadas (Testamento en Vida)
Beatriz Read
naadvance directives = instrucciones anticipadas
Maria
naInstrucciones por anticipado (Testamento en vida)
Jaime Pedraza
naEl testamento
engel
naSee below
Pere Ferrés Gurt
naInstrucciones por adelantado
anac
nadirectrices o pautas anticipadas o provisorias (Testamento activo)
Trinidad


  

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22 mins
advance directives = instrucciones anticipadas


Explanation:
See this page and search to find "advance directives"

http://www.terra.es/personal3/juu000000/thmnews39.htm


    Reference: http://www.terra.es/personal3/juu000000/thmnews39.htm
Maria
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here is another reference I found


Explanation:
http://members.aol.com/snvmain/Instrucc.htm

Saludos afectuosos. Maria ;O)

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37 mins
Instrucciones por anticipado (Testamento en vida)


Explanation:
Se configuran dentro del Derecho a morir dignamente. Se trata de aquellas instrucciones que una persona afectada por un padecimiento agudo o crónico gravemente incapacitante o terminal (como cáncer, sida, insuficiencia renal o hepática terminales, etc.)tiene derecho a dar antes de morir (a manera de última voluntad) para que no se hagan esfuerzos excesivos por prolongarle la vida por medios artificiales cuando las expectativas de recuperación son inexistentes.


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Instrucciones Anticipadas (Testamento en Vida)


Explanation:
hope it helps.

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1 hr
El testamento


Explanation:
Living Will
Cuando se pone enfermo que nunca jama's
recobra la salud, testa la muerte natural.

When man no recoveres from illness,
man draw up a will to die a natural
death.

Suerte!


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3 hrs
See below


Explanation:
As for the "Living Will" part, if it refers to the fact that somebody does not want to be kept alive in a unnatural way, it is translated as "Testamento vital" in Spanish, and not as "Testamento en vida" or anything else.

Luck

Pere

Pere Ferrés Gurt
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10 hrs
Instrucciones por adelantado


Explanation:
testamento en vida, this is a document that a person may want to sign before being admitted in the hospital

anac
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13 hrs
directrices o pautas anticipadas o provisorias (Testamento activo)


Explanation:
En efecto, se trata de disposiciones de última voluntad. Considero más adecuados los adjetivos ¨anticipadas¨ o ¨provisorias¨ por ser más idiomáticos en nuestra jerga jurídica, que no ha de ser calco del inglés.

Living Will es una redundancia en nuestro idioma y debemos traducirlo como testamento activo, es decir, en plenas facultades, sin merma alguna de las mismas por enfermedad. Es obvio que no se puede testar póstumamente, por lo menos hoy en día.


    Diccionario de t�rminos jur�dicos Alcaraz Var�/Brian Hughes
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