advance directive

This is called an advance directive or a living will.

In the modern world, an advance directive is the friend of the old person.

It may be hard to know what to include in your advance directive.

Both places want to increase the number of advance directives.

If you have questions and need help to get started, see what things to include in an advance directive for some ideas.

This discussion may include information about how to create an advance directive.

An advance directive can always be changed as your personal needs and goals change.

These decisions may be written down ahead of time in an advance directive, such as a living will.

Such advance directives also can help reduce health care costs.

But living wills are not the only form of advance directive.

But one hospital has made a special effort to help patients who lack written advance directives.

The living will is the oldest form of advance directive.

Talk to your doctor about an advance directive, which includes a living will and a medical power of attorney.

You can change or cancel your advance directive at any time.

There are many choices to make when you write your advance directive.

How do health professionals know if a patient has an advance directive?

Why not allow nature to take its course and just respect the patient's advance directives?

When she became unconscious in 1990, the country was just beginning to talk about advance directives.

Such written instructions, also called advance directives, can be used in every state.

Those who argue against advance directives might say my mother and I got it wrong.

A living will is one form of advance directive, leaving instructions for treatment.

His advance directives for medical care specified that he not be put on life support.

Advance directives are legal documents that take effect when someone is no longer able to speak for himself or herself.

The documents, also known as advance directives, vary by state.

Accordingly, advance directives can and should be changed as the patient changes his mind.