Hospital Visitation Authorization - http://www.hrc.org/issues/marriage/domestic_partners/5433.htm
Sample form in PDF format that instructs your doctor, care providers, and hospital staff about who is allowed and given priority to visit you.
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HRC - Health Laws - http://www.hrc.org/issues/health/health_laws.asp
State health care laws in the areas of medical decision making and hospital visitation.
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New York Times - Kept From a Dying Partner's Bedside - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/health/19well.html?_r=1
Stories of two couples who prepared for a medical emergency by creating living wills, advanced directives and power-of-attorney documents, but were denied visitation.
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