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A Living Will is one form of Advanced Directive.
A Living Will is one form of Advanced Directive. Other names for a Living Will are a "medical directive" or "medical declaration." A living will instructs your physician to administer no life-sustaining procedures should two physi ...   More details

About Health Care Power of Attorney.
A healthcare power of attorney allows you to decide who you want making medical decision on your behalf if you became incapacitated. Acting in accordance with your will, your partner (or other agent) would not be able to make the ultimate decision to ...   More details

Advance directive.
An advance directive is a legal document, written in advance of an incapacitating illness, that allows patients to state their preferences about medical care. Most states recognize two forms of advance directives - a living will and a durable power o ...   More details

Advance Directives that is known as a Health Care Power of Attorney, or a Health Care Proxy.
Advance Directives that is known as a Health Care Power of Attorney, or a Health Care Proxy. The person you designate as your Proxy is legally empowered to make decisions regarding your health care that are not covered elsewhere in your Advance Direc ...   More details

Anticipate situation.
The Living Will is intended to anticipate the situation wherein you might be in an incurable or an irreversible mental or physical condition, with no reasonable expectation of recovery. Your instructions are usually intended to apply if you are in an ...   More details

Anyone who has the capacity to make health care decisions can make a health care directive.
Anyone who has the capacity to make health care decisions can make a health care directive. A person 16 years of age or older is presumed to have that capacity. Anyone making a directive is presumed to be at least 16 unless the contrary is proven. A ...   More details

Artificial nutrition and hydration.
Artificial nutrition and hydration means invasive procedures such as tubes and intravenous feeding. It does not include the natural process of eating foods and drinking fluids. ...   More details

Canceling your health care directive.
There are at least three methods of canceling your health care:
 
1. By destroying it ...   More details

Choosing Who Will Handle Your Health Care Proxy (by Lynn Brenner) - Part I.
There's no simpler estate planning document than a health care proxy in which you name someone to make medical decisions for you if you're incapacitated. You can pick up a standard proxy form for $2.50 at any legal stationery store and fill it in wit ...   More details

Choosing Who Will Handle Your Health Care Proxy (by Lynn Brenner) - Part II.
New York law lets you name only one health care agent. "If you don't want to offend anybody by leaving them out, you can appoint one family member as your agent and name the others as successor agents," says Russo. "And if you're in yo ...   More details