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The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care. Living will: A living will is a legal document that tells doctors how you want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions about emergency treatment.
The most common types of advance directives are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care (sometimes known as the medical power of attorney). There are many advance directive formats.
A Living Will must be signed, dated, and witnessed by two people. For the Living Will to be valid, the health care provider must declare the person to be in a terminal condition or in a condition that (without life sustaining treatment) will result in death within a relatively short time.
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The Montana End-of-Life Registry is your state's advance directive registry. By filing your advance directive with the registry, your healthcare provider and loved ones may be able to find a copy of your directive in the event you are unable to provide one.
Types of Advance Directives The living will. Durable power of attorney for health care/Medical power of attorney. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Organ and tissue donation.
A specific and common example of an advance directive is a ?do not resuscitate? order (or DNR), which guides care only if your heart stops beating (cardiac arrest) or you are no longer breathing.
Traditionally, there are two main kinds of advance directives: the living will and the Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare. California also allows the use of a POLST (Physician's Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment).