You can choose what kinds of medical treatment decisions your healthcare agent can make on your behalf if a situation arises where you can't decide or communicate for yourself. If you choose to have a healthcare agent, MyDirectives will ask you to pick what kinds of decisions you want your healthcare agent to be able to make on your behalf. Here's that list:
- Interpret and communicate your wishes to your medical treatment providers and family
- Choose doctors/hospitals
- Arrange for your medical treatment in any country or state
- Release your medical records
- Stop/Start medical treatments
- Agree to or decline tests/surgeries
- Stop artificial nutrition and hydration
- Put you in a nursing home
- Consent to organ/tissue donation
- Talk to your family
- Talk to your spiritual advisor
- Other (additional instructions you might want to give)