What is an advance directive for health care choices?
An advance health care directive is the legal document that outlines your decisions concerning medical care at or near the time of your death. An advance health care directive is legal authority to grant consent for your donation, provided you have outlined your decision to donate. Typically, advance health care directive prohibit the use of intensive care interventions. However, if you plan to be a vital organ and tissue donor, the document must specify that intensive care interventions are only authorized for the purpose of organ and tissue donation.
An advance health care directive is a legal document that outlines your decisions concerning medical care at or near the time of your death. An advance health care directive can also be legal authority to grant consent for donation, provided you have outlined your decision to donate. Typically, an advance health care directive prohibits the use of intensive care interventions. However, if you plan to be a vital organ and tissue donor, the document must specify that intensive care interventions are only authorized for the purpose of organ and tissue donation.
