Your medical decisions are your private matter. A Health Care Directive helps you to keep it that way.
Your health care directive (living will or healthcare power of attorney) describes your wishes for medical treatment in the event that you are unable to express them yourself.
For Example
– Would you prefer life-prolonging treatment regardless of your quality of life?
– Would you prefer doctors to withhold treatment if you couldn’t feed yourself?
– Would you want a respirator but only up to a specific period of time?
– Would you want your body donated to science?
If you are over the age 18, have no healthcare directive, and suddenly become incapacitated, typically doctors will reach out for health care decisions to family and friends in the following order:
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- Spouse
- Adult children
- Parents
- Siblings
- Grandchild
- Close family friends
- Guardian of the estate
This may cause family strife if your loved ones don’t agree and courts may get involved which can be emotionally and financially draining and time-consuming. Get your Health Care Directive completed today.
