Advance Health Care Directives
An advance health care directive can be used to appoint a family member or friend to make health care decisions for you if you are physically or mentally unable to make those decisions yourself. Similar documents are also called durable powers of attorney for health care.
To establish an advance health care directive, contact a California attorney at The Evans Law Firm at 415-441-8669 or 888-50-EVANS or info@evanslaw.com to schedule a free initial consultation.
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An advance health care directive appoints an agent (and backup agents) who will carry out your wishes for health care. The directive also describes how much, or how little, medical care you want. A living will may also be established to specify your wishes regarding medical treatment and health care that you do or do not want to receive.
The agent’s authority to take action is triggered only by a determination that the patient lacks mental capacity to make such decisions for himself or herself. Lack of capacity is determined by the patient’s primary physician and by the agent.
Copies of an advance health care directive and documents granting durable powers of attorney should be held by your attorney and given to any person named within the directive and to your primary care physician.
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To discuss durable powers of attorney, please call 415-441-8669 or contact us online via e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation. Our San Francisco attorneys represent clients in communities throughout California.