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<div id="topic-summary" class="syndicate"><p>What kind of medical care would you want if you were too ill or hurt to express your wishes? Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/endoflifeissues.html">end-of-life</a> care ahead of time. They give you a way to tell your wishes to family, friends, and health care professionals and to avoid confusion later on. </p>
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<p>A living will tells which treatments you want if you are dying or permanently unconscious. You can accept or refuse medical care. You might want to include instructions on:</p><ul>
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A durable power of attorney for health care is a document that names your health care proxy. Your proxy is someone you trust to make health decisions for you if you are unable to do so. </p>
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<p class="attribution">NIH: National Cancer Institute</p></div>
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<a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-health-care" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="102838" data-org="NIA">Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care</a>
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<img width="25" height="16" alt="From the National Institutes of Health" title="From the National Institutes of Health" src="https://medlineplus.gov/images/nih.png" class="imgdesc">
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<span class="orgs"> (National Institute on Aging)</span>
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<span class="also-lang"> Also in <a target="TheNewWin2" href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/espanol/planificacion-legal-financiera/planificacion-anticipada-cuidados-salud" data-sid="138846">Spanish</a> </span>
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<a href="https://familydoctor.org/advance-directives-and-do-not-resuscitate-orders/?adfree=true" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="3012" >Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (American Academy of Family Physicians)</span>
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<span class="also-lang"> Also in <a target="TheNewWin2" href="https://es.familydoctor.org/directrices-anticipadas-y-ordenes-de-no-resucitar/?adfree=true" data-sid="51030">Spanish</a> </span>
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<a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/living-wills/art-20046303?p=1" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="50735" >Living Wills and Advance Directives for Medical Decisions</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)</span>
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<span class="also-lang"> Also in <a target="TheNewWin2" href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/es/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/living-wills/art-20046303?p=1" data-sid="130034">Spanish</a> </span>
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<a href="https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Resources/Advanced_Care/docs/AdvanceCare2018.pdf" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="113102" >Advance Care Planning for Serious Illness</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (Administration for Community Living)</span>
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<a href="https://americanhospice.org/caregiving/medical-issues-to-be-considered-in-advance-care-planning/" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="102022" >Advance Care Planning: Medical Issues to Consider</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (American Hospice Foundation)</span>
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<a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning/getting-your-affairs-order-checklist-documents-prepare-future" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="160466" data-org="NIA">Getting Your Affairs in Order Checklist: Documents to Prepare for the Future</a>
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<img width="25" height="16" alt="From the National Institutes of Health" title="From the National Institutes of Health" src="https://medlineplus.gov/images/nih.png" class="imgdesc">
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<span class="orgs"> (National Institute on Aging)</span>
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<span class="also-lang"> Also in <a target="TheNewWin2" href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/espanol/planificacion-legal-financiera/ponga-sus-asuntos-orden" data-sid="160467">Spanish</a> </span>
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<a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/end-life/making-decisions-someone-end-life" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="108639" data-org="NIA">Making Decisions for Someone at the End of Life</a>
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<img width="25" height="16" alt="From the National Institutes of Health" title="From the National Institutes of Health" src="https://medlineplus.gov/images/nih.png" class="imgdesc">
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<span class="orgs"> (National Institute on Aging)</span>
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<span class="also-lang"> Also in <a target="TheNewWin2" href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/espanol/al-final-vida/entender-decisiones-sobre-atencion-medica-al-final-vida" data-sid="140546">Spanish</a> </span>
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<a href="https://www.acponline.org/sites/default/files/documents/patients_families/end_of_life_issues/peace/med_decisions.pdf" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="51287" >Making Medical Decisions for a Loved One at the End of Life</a>
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<a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/managing-care/advance-directives" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="38697" data-org="NCI">Advance Directives</a>
|
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<img width="25" height="16" alt="From the National Institutes of Health" title="From the National Institutes of Health" src="https://medlineplus.gov/images/nih.png" class="imgdesc">
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<span class="orgs"> (National Cancer Institute)</span>
|
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<a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/making-treatment-decisions/advance-directives.html" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="74438" >Advance Directives</a>
|
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<span class="orgs"> (American Cancer Society)</span>
|
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<a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning/choosing-health-care-proxy" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="160468" data-org="NIA">Choosing A Health Care Proxy</a>
|
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<img width="25" height="16" alt="From the National Institutes of Health" title="From the National Institutes of Health" src="https://medlineplus.gov/images/nih.png" class="imgdesc">
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<span class="orgs"> (National Institute on Aging)</span>
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<a href="https://nrc-pad.org/getting-started/" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="65846" >Psychiatric Advance Directives: Getting Started</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives)</span>
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<a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=%22Living+Wills%22&aggFilters=status:not%20rec" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="28310" data-org="NIH">ClinicalTrials.gov: Living Wills</a>
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<span class="orgs"> (National Institutes of Health)</span>
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39743880" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="7843" >Article: Advance Directives at Sea: legal and ethical considerations.</a>
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39700227" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="7843" >Article: Novel approach to advance directive training: Hospice and palliative care fellow...</a>
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39605054" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="7843" >Article: Hematologists' perspective on advance directives, a French national cross-sectional survey -...</a>
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<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22Advance+Directives%22%5Bmajr%3Anoexp%5D+AND+humans%5Bmh%5D+AND+english%5Bla%5D+AND+%22last+1+Year%22+%5Bedat%5D+NOT+%28letter%5Bpt%5D+OR+case+reports%5Bpt%5D+OR+editorial%5Bpt%5D+OR+comment%5Bpt%5D%29+AND+free+full+text%5Bsb%5D+" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="7843" >Advance Directives -- see more articles</a>
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<a href="https://nrc-pad.org/states/" target="TheNewWin" data-sid="65845" >State by State Info (Psychiatric Advance Directives)</a>
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