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Living Will

  • See Also
  1. Advance Directive
  2. Advance Care Planning
  3. Advance Directive
  4. Provider's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
  5. Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)
  6. Durable Power of Attorney
  7. Medical Directive
  8. Advanced Directives in the Emergency Department
  • Definitions
  1. Living Will
    1. Advance Directive indicates health care preferences
    2. Determined while patient is cognitively intact
    3. May include directions regarding life prolongation
      1. Feeding Tubes
      2. Mechanical Ventilation
    4. Activated if patient becomes incapacitated