How to Make a Health Care Directive and Living Will

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  How to Make a Health Care Directive in 5 Easy Steps

  Make a health care directive in 5 easy steps

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  Advance Directive vs Living Will: Distinctions You Need to Know

  Learn how estate planning tools make your medical decisions and end-of-life care decisions known

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  Selecting Your Health Care Agent

  Factors to consider when choosing someone to make medical decisions for you

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  Health Care Power of Attorney Forms: Examples and Sample Wording

  Learn what end-of-life care instructions to include in your living will

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  Donate Your Body to Science

  Learn about organ donation and body disposition to advance medical research

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  Guide to State Laws On Advance Directives and Pregnancy: Charts and Links

  Learn how your state laws about pregnancy affect your health care directives

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  How To Plan Proactively for a Medical Emergency

  Learn the steps to take to make your medical care wishes known

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  Living Will Form: Explanation and Samples

  Learn what end-of-life care instructions to include in your living will

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  End of Life Planning and Things You May Not Have Considered

  Understand the differences between living wills and do not resuscitate orders

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  Living Wills: State Laws

  Learn how your state’s laws around health care directives