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By Labella, Angelena Singh, Devika Same-sex partnerships encounter tremendous challenges in the context of healthcare, including empowerment to act on behalf of loved ones.We share challenges faced by two women who confronted this issue head-on when their same-sex partners were critically, and, in one case, fatally, injured.