1. KINDS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
KINDS OF
ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE

2. WHY AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
TO EXTEND THE AUTHORITY OF THE PATIENT BEYOND THE ONSET OF DECISIONAL INCAPACITY
TO EXPRESS CLEARLY THE WISHES OF THE PATIENT SO THEY WILL BE HONORED BY CAREGIVERS, FAMILIES, AND OTHERS
TO AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM OF ANOTHER’S AGENDA
ARBITRARY DECISIONS PATIENT WOULD NOT WANT
DECISIONS MADE OUT OF GUILT OR FEAR
PRESSURE FROM SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
PROTRACTED OR UNDESIRABLE COURT DECISIONS
TO AVOID THE NECESSITY OF GOING TO COURT --- OFTEN INAPPROPRIATE DECISIONS
CONSERVE RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY WHEN FURTHER TREATMENT IS FUTILE

3. KINDS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES UNWRITTEN
INFORMAL STATEMENTS MADE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
INEFFECTIVE IN CASES OF CONFLICT
STATEMENTS MADE TO PHYSICIANS WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE PATIENT’S CHART
SAME STATUS AS WRITTEN ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

4. KINDS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES WRITTEN LIVING WILL DECLARATIONS
A DOCUMENT WRITTEN AND/OR SIGNED BY INDIVIDUALS WHILE THEY ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTHCARE WHICH ORDINARILY DIRECTS THEIR PHYSICIANS TO USE RESTRAINT IN EMPLOYING AGGRESSIVE TREATMENTS TO PROLONG THEIR LIVES IF THEY ARE IN A TERMINAL OR IRREVERSIBLE CONDITION AND UNABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AT THE TIME THE TREATMENTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

5. KINDS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE
A DOCUMENT SIGNED BY INDIVIDUALS WHILE THEY ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTHCARE DESIGNATING A PERSON WHO WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE HEALTHCARE DECISIONS FOR THEM IN THE EVENT THAT THEY MIGHT BECOME INCAPABLE OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AT THE TIME THEY ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
IMPORTANCE OF TRUST