Title: Arizona Advance Medical Directives: What They Are and Why You Need Them
1ARIZONA ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
What They Are and Why You Need Them
2WHAT IS A MEDICAL DIRECTIVE?
3- A MEDICAL DIRECTIVE IS A
- DOCUMENT
- PEOPLE CAN PREPARE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
- MAKE MEDICAL CHOICES WHEN THEY ARE
- NO LONGER ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
4SOMETIMES KNOWN AS ADVANCE DIRECTIVES OR ADVANCE
MEDICAL DIRECTIVES, THESE LEGAL DOCUMENTS GIVE
YOU THE OPTION TO PLAN AHEAD FOR EMERGENCIES
5MAKING AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE IS ENTIRELY YOUR
CHOICE AND YOU ARE NEVER REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE
6WHAT MAKES THEM ADVANCED?
7ADVANCE OR ADVANCED? A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMONLY
CALL THESE DOCUMENTS ADVANCED DIRECTIVES
8ADVANCE OR ADVANCED? A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMONLY
CALL THESE DOCUMENTS ADVANCED DIRECTIVES
YOU MAKE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES BEFORE YOU NEED THEM.
(YOU MAKE THEM IN ADVANCE.)
9ADVANCE OR ADVANCED? A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMONLY
CALL THESE DOCUMENTS ADVANCED DIRECTIVES.
YOU MAKE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES BEFORE YOU NEED THEM.
(YOU MAKE THEM IN ADVANCE.)
- THE TERM
- ADVANCED DIRECTIVE
- IS REALLY A MISNOMER
10THERE IS NOTHING PARTICULARLY COMPLICATED OR
DIFFICULT ABOUT THESE TYPES OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS
112 MAIN TYPES
12IN ARIZONA THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF ADVANCE
DIRECTIVES
13A LIVING WILL
LIVING WILLS ARE DOCUMENTS IN WHICH PEOPLE STATE
THEIR PREFERENCES FOR MEDICAL CARE
14SHOULD YOU BECOME INCAPACITATED OR UNABLE TO TALK
TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS YOUR LIVING WILL
GUIDES THEM AS THEY DECIDE WHAT TREATMENTS TO
GIVE YOU
15REQUIREMENTS
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LIVING WILL IN ARIZONA
YOU WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR DOCUMENT
COMPLIES WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL STANDARDS
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17YOU CAN ONLY MAKE A LEGAL LIVING WILL IN WRITING
18YOU HAVE TO SIGN AND DATE YOUR LIVING WILL
YOURSELF IF YOU CANT PHYSICALLY SIGN THE
DOCUMENT YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE SIGN IT FOR
YOU AT YOUR DIRECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF A
WITNESS THAT WITNESS MUST THEN SIGN AND DATE THE
DOCUMENT AS WELL
19A WITNESS MUST SIGN YOUR LIVING WILL AFTER
WITNESSING YOU SIGN THE DOCUMENT ALTERNATELY YOU
CAN HAVE THE DOCUMENT NOTARIZED BY A LICENSED
ARIZONA PUBLIC NOTARY
20CHOICES
YOUR LIVING WILL ALLOWS YOU TO STATE YOUR
PREFERENCES ABOUT ANY KIND OF MEDICAL CARE YOU
MIGHT RECEIVE IF YOU ARE INCAPACITATED, BUT
TYPICALLY ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING POSSIBILITIES
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22DURABLE HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY
YOU CAN ALSO CREATE A MEDICAL DIRECTIVE THAT
ALLOWS SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU IN
ARIZONA THIS TYPE OF DIRECTIVE IS CALLED A
DURABLE HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY
23THROUGH YOUR POWER OF ATTORNEY YOU APPOINT AN
AGENT WHO WILL STAND IN FOR YOU AND COMMUNICATE
MEDICAL CHOICES TO YOUR DOCTOR OR OTHER
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
24REQUIREMENTS
DURABLE HEALTH CARE POWERS OF ATTORNEY (POA) HAVE
THE SAME BASIC REQUIREMENTS AS LIVING WILLS MOST
PEOPLE CHOOSE TO CREATE BOTH DOCUMENTS AT THE
SAME TIME
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26CHOICES
YOUR POWER OF ATTORNEY GIVES SOMEONE ELSE, CALLED
YOUR AGENT, THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE MEDICAL CARE ON
YOUR BEHALF YOU CAN LIMIT THIS POWER OR GIVE THE
AGENT ALL MEDICAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY
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28NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE YOU
MAKE, YOU MUST BE AN ADULT OF SOUND MIND IN ORDER
TO MAKE THEM
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