[WSBAPT] DNR question

[Suzanne Lieberman]

Hello and happy Friday-

I have a client who is in a hurry and not wanting to do an Advance Health
Care Directive and/or POLST for her mother; mother is on board and has
capacity.

Is it possible and appropriate to put the DNR instruction in her health
care Power of Attorney? The mother is only interested in that particular
instruction. I have never seen this put in an MPOA even though the MPOA
authorizes the withholding and/or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
generally and replaces/revokes any existing Advance Health Care Directives.
I just wouldn't think specific end-of-life instructions belong in the MPOA
- a document without witnesses - but would like confirmation through the
WAC or otherwise.

Best,

Suzanne Lieberman
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