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What is a Living Will?

April 26, 2017AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians Education end of life planning Literature living will patient power of attorney terminal care wishes

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What is a Living Will?

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A living will instructs your physician to administer no life-sustaining procedures should you be in a terminal condition or permanently unconscious. If you do not want artificial nutrition or hydration, New Hampshire law requires that you say so in your document.

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It is a document which expressed your desires to forego extraordinary medical procedures to keep you alive, in the event of terminal illness or long-term coma. The more modern term for living will is Advance Healthcare Directive.

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A. A living will, more often called an Advance Directive or Advance Medical Directive, is a document normally incorporated into a Medical Power of Attorney in which you give directions for life sustaining treatment should you become unable to communicate your wishes.

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A living will is a legal document that outlines very specific medical instructions if you are alive but unable to communicate your wishes. A LegalZoom living will includes a healthcare power of attorney, which assigns a healthcare surrogate to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you are incapacitated.

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Also called “a durable power of attorney,” it is a document authorized by statutes in all states, in which a person appoints someone as his/her proxy or representative to make decisions on maintaining extraordinary life-support if the person becomes too ill, is in a coma or is certain to die. In most states the basic language has been developed by medical associations or other experts and may provide various choices as to when such maintenance of life can be terminated. The decision must be made in consultation with the patient’s doctor. The living will permits a terminal patient to die in dignity and protects the physician or hospital from liability for withdrawing or limiting life support.

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