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  2. What a Living Will Is and How to Make One - Healthline

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    A living will is a written, legal document. It provides instructions for your medical care, or for the termination of medical support, in certain circumstances. Living wills indicate your wishes ...

  3. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S ...

  4. Your Guide to End of Life Planning - Healthline

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    1. Living will. A living will is a document that allows you to list your medical wishes in advance. This document ensures your choices will be honored if you become unable to voice them independently.

  5. How to Plan for End-of-Life Care - WebMD

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    Lawyers: To make your wishes clear, you can use two different legal forms called “advance directives.”. The first is a living will, which tells doctors what kind of care you want to get at the ...

  6. Advance Directives and Medical Power of Attorney - WebMD

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    A living will spells out your preferences about certain kinds of life-sustaining treatments. For example, you can indicate whether you do or do not want interventions such as cardiac resuscitation ...

  7. Five Wishes - Wikipedia

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    Five Wishes was originally introduced in 1996 as a Florida-only document, combining a living will and health care power of attorney in addition to addressing matters of comfort care and spirituality. With help from the American Bar Association 's Commission on Law and Aging and leading medical experts, a national version of Five Wishes was ...

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