What Is A Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care?
The durable power of attorney for health care is a document that allows you to name another person to make certain medical decisions for you if you are unable to make them for yourself. This is a …
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What Options Do I Have In Assigning Power Of Attorney?
There are many ways to designate a decisionmaker for you with a Power of Attorney document. You can assign a General Power of Attorney that covers all of your financial and personal …
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Power of Attorney, Durable Power of Attorney & Health Care Directives: What Is the Difference?
Every state allows competent adults to grant another person the power to be their “agent”, to act on their behalf. These powers generally fall under three different categories, each having different legal requirements. They are a Power of Attorney, a Durable Power of Attorney, and a Health Care Directive/Proxy. A power of attorney is a document which allows an agent to …
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Facing Major Surgery
If you are facing major surgery, there are a variety of legal issues that you should consider. First, you may have questions about your ability to make healthcare and other important decisions should you become incapacitated or otherwise unable to make such decisions. In particular, you may have strong feelings about issues such as being kept alive by artificial mean, or about organ …
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