New York Health Care Law - ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: WHAT ARE THEY? - Advance Medical Directive
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New York Health Care Law - ADVANCE DIRECTIVES: WHAT ARE THEY?
In New York State, the best way to ensure that your health care wishes are known and honored is to use one or more of the following Legal documents, sometimes referred to as “Advance Directives.” Remember, your advance directives will speak for you when you are unable to speak for yourself.
In New York State, there are four types of Advance Directives:
- A Health Care Proxy lets you appoint a healthcare agent - that is, someone you trust to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make decisions for yourself.
- A Living Will allows you to leave written instructions that explain your health care wishes, especially about end-of-life care. You cannot use a Living Will to name a health care agent; you must use a Health Care Proxy.
- A Living Will together with a Health Care Proxy lets you state your health care wishes and name a health care agent.
- A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) only lets you express your wish to do without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - that is, emergency treatment to restart your heart and lungs if your heartbeat or breathing stops.
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