Health Care Power of Attorney
Living wills and health care powers of attorney allow you to express your preferences regarding your medical treatment, should you become unable to communicate your wishes due to illness or unconsciousness. Health care power of attorney forms also allow you to designate a person who can make end-of-life care decisions on your behalf. This section offers a number of articles and resources on what living wills and power of attorney documents can do for you. You’ll find legal information on creating a living will or health care power of attorney, tips to help you choose a health care agent, sample health care directives, and more.
- Power of Attorney, Living Wills, and Your Healthcare
A look at the two types of documents that can help you designate the medical treatment you wish to receive. Learn about power of attorney and living wills, how to create each, and the differences between the two documents.
- Sample Health Care Power of Attorney
Durable power of attorney grants another person decision-making authority should you become unable to make health care decisions on your own. This sample form will give you an idea of what power of attorney forms look like.
- Selecting Your Health Care Agent
Your health care agent will have decision-making authority over your medical care, should you become incapacitated. This article offers a number of factors to consider when choosing a health care agent.
- Health Care Directives: Is There a Duty to Follow Them?
Medical care providers generally have a duty to comply with health care directives. However, there are exceptions. Learn about when health care directives must be followed and when care providers can go against your wishes.
- Help a Loved One Make a Power of Attorney
Power of an attorney can help families avoid disputes by making end-of-life decisions much easier. This article offers tips on how to help a loved one create a financial or health care power of attorney.
- Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Living Wills
A guide to the key differences between power of attorney for healthcare and living wills. Learn about the components of each type of document, the decisions each involves, and what each can do for you.
- Health Care Directives: Is there a Duty to Follow Them?
- Health Care Power of Attorney
- Help a Loved One Make a Power of Attorney
- Living Wills: Introduction
- Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Living Wills
- Sample Living Will Directive to Physicians
- Selecting Your Health Care Agent
- The Definition of Power of Attorney, Living Will and Advance Directives
- The Power of Attorney, Living Will and Your Healthcare
- Wills and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care