Health Care Proxy Matchup
People Needing Proxies
If I am unconsious because
I am badly hurt or gravely sick:
Who will speak for me?
And What will they say?
You specify What will be said
and
You specify Who will say it
You specify What will be said by creating
an
Advance Care Planning Document
and
You specify Who will say it by choosing
someone to be your Health Care Proxy.
Contents
Advance Care Planning
Health Care Proxy
Finding a Proxy
Friedndship Acceleration
Building the Friendship
40 Questions & Prompts
Site Map
Advance Care Planning
Given the strength and power of modern medicine, it is a wise step to create an Advance Care Plan to cope with situations in which you may be very seriously injured or sick, and unable to express your desires for your care.
Any U.S. adult can create an
Advance Care Planning document by themselves or with a lawyer, and can make it legally valid by signing it in the presence of two winesses. Some details vary from state to state. [Click on the Advance Care Planning button above.]
Health Care Proxy
Any adult can choose a someone to be their Health Care Proxy. The document to indicate who is to be your Health Care Proxy is fairly simple. Like the advance care planning document, it also is made legally valid by signing it in the presence of two winesses. However, for that choice to be meaninful, the person you choose should know you and understand the contents of your Advance Care Planning Document. [Click on the Health Care Proxy button above.]
Finding a Proxy
Do you understand Advance Car Planning and Health Car Proxies, but you are here because you are having trouble finding a proxy for yourself? Then press the Choosing a Proxy button above.
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