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📝 Advance directives are legal documents that allow any competent adult, including those with schizophrenia, to express their wishes regarding future health care.

📝 Clients have the right to appoint a health care surrogate (durable power of attorney for health care) who can make decisions on their behalf if they become unable to do so.

📝 A diagnosis of mental illness does not automatically remove decision-making capacity.

📝 This statement reflects correct understanding of patient autonomy and legal rights.

❌ “Clients will need their provider’s approval before signing advance directives.”

❌ Providers do not approve advance directives; they only verify capacity if questioned.

❌ Requiring provider approval would violate patient autonomy.

❌ “Clients should contact the court if they wish to change their living will.”

❌ Living wills can be changed or revoked by the client at any time, without court involvement.

❌ This statement incorrectly implies a legal barrier.

❌ “Clients must designate a guardian to initiate their advance directives.”

❌ Guardianship is a legal process used only when clients lack capacity.

❌ It is not required to complete advance directives.