What Is An Advance Directive For Health Care?
It is a legal document that states your wishes, in advance, regarding potential health care decisions. The Mississippi optional Advance Directive for Health Care is a threepart form that can provide instructions in the following ways: stating your wishes regarding “extraordinary techniques that prolong life through artificial means”, giving other specific instructions regarding your own health care and naming someone (your agent) to make health care decisions.
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Additional Estate Planning Articles
- How Do I Draw Up An Advance Directive For Health Care?
- Am I Required To Make A New Advance Directive If Ive Already Completed A Living Will And/Or Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Before 1998?
- What Should I Do About Old Living Wills And Power Of Attorney For Health Care Documents?
- Should My New Advance Directive For Health Care Be Filed With The State Department Of Health Or Chancery Court?
- What Is An Agent?
- Who Can Be My Agent?
- When Does The Power Of Attorney For Health Care Take Effect?
- Who Should Witness My Advance Health Care Directive?
- Can I Change My Mind?
