For $34.95, you also get financial and medical powers of attorney and a living will.

In most cases, a living will and medical power of attorney, which names a health care agent, are completed at the same time.

"The birthday present for every 18-year-old should be a medical power of attorney," Mall says.

Get the living will and medical power of attorney forms for your state.

What is a medical power of attorney or health care agent?

A medical power of attorney lets you name a person to be your health care agent.

It combines a living will and a medical power of attorney in one form.

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

However western medicine doesn't recognize any medical power of the flower.

A medical power of attorney lets you choose a health care agent.