artificial life support
If you’re suffering from a terminal illness, planning for your end-of-life medical care will no doubt be important for you. An advance healthcare directive is a comprehensive document that allows you to make decisions about your medical care and to
While many people tend to use the term Living Will and Advance Healthcare Directive interchangeably, there is a fundamental difference between the two documents. Whereas a Living Will is essentially an instruction to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment where
Through an advance healthcare directive, you can provide your medical proxy with comfort that the decisions they are making are in line with your wishes. For instance, you can include guidelines on when to allow artificial life support, organ and
