Advance Directives
There may come a time when you or a family member is seriously injured or very ill and difficult decisions about giving or withholding medical care must be made. Every competent adult has the right to accept or refuse any recommended medical treatment and documenting your health care choices before you are sick or injured helps your family and physician understand your wishes.
Advance directive is a term that refers to written instructions about your future medical care and treatment in the event you become incompetent, unable to communicate, or lose decision-making abilities. By putting your choices in writing, you ensure that your wishes are followed in the event you can no longer express your treatment choices.
Two types of advance directives are recognized under Kentucky law:
tive is a term that refers to your spoken and written instructions about your future medical care and treatment. It is a collection of documents that spell out what treatments you do or do not want. These papers only discuss medical treatment and are not the same thing as legal or financial documents such as a power of attorney.
There may come a time when you or a family member is seriously injured or very ill and difficult decisions about giving or withholding medical care must be made. Every competent adult has the right to accept or refuse any recommended medical treatment, and documenting your health care choices before you are sick or injured helps your family and physician understand your wishes.
Kentucky Attorney General's Living Will Packet
Advance directive is a term that refers to written instructions about your future medical care and treatment in the event you become incompetent, unable to communicate, or lose decision-making abilities. By putting your choices in writing, you ensure that your wishes are followed in the event you can no longer express your treatment choices.
Two types of advance directives are recognized under Kentucky law:
- Living Will directive, which includes a health care surrogate designation
- Durable power of attorney
tive is a term that refers to your spoken and written instructions about your future medical care and treatment. It is a collection of documents that spell out what treatments you do or do not want. These papers only discuss medical treatment and are not the same thing as legal or financial documents such as a power of attorney.
There may come a time when you or a family member is seriously injured or very ill and difficult decisions about giving or withholding medical care must be made. Every competent adult has the right to accept or refuse any recommended medical treatment, and documenting your health care choices before you are sick or injured helps your family and physician understand your wishes.
Kentucky Attorney General's Living Will Packet
