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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