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A medical power of attorney is _especially_ important if you're living with someone that you consider your partner, but whom you are not married to. Unless you give your partner a medical power of attorney, he or she will have no rights if anything happens to you; that'll be up to whatever relative manages to take control.
Without a medical power of attorney, your partner will have no control over treatment decisions, or even the right to hang around if your parents/guardians decide otherwise. You could end up with your parents back in control of (what's left of) your life in a big hurry.
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