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MCKINNEY MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

The Importance of a Loved One's Advance Care Planning

It's never easy to consider what will happen to a loved one when they are too sick or injured to communicate their wishes to a medical team. This is why advance care planning is so important. By writing a medical power of attorney, a person can appoint someone they trust to make important medical decisions for them in the event that they are unable to do so.

This trusted individual is called a medical power of attorney, and they can make decisions about everything from hospitalization to end-of-life care. The best way to ensure that a person's wishes are respected is to obtain a medical power of attorney. This document allows a person to appoint someone they trust to make decisions for them when they are unable to do so.

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Deciding whether or not the person should be hospitalized

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Deciding what type of medical care the person should receive

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Deciding whether or not the person should be taken off life support

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Deciding whether or not the person should be resuscitated

What Can a Medical Power of Attorney Do?

Some of the things a medical power of attorney can do include:

How Does a Medical Power of Attorney Differ from a Living Will?

A medical power of attorney is different from a living will because a living will only deals with end-of-life care. A living will outline the type of end-of-life care a person would like to receive, such as whether or not they would like to be on life support. A living will does not authorize someone to make decisions for the person who wrote it. A living will is not as comprehensive as a medical power of attorney.

Our McKinney estate planning attorneys can help a person decide whether to write a medical power of attorney or a living will. A medical power of attorney is more comprehensive and allows a person to appoint someone they trust to make important medical decisions for them in the event that they are unable to do so.

What Happens if Someone Does Not Have a Medical Power of Attorney?

If a person does not have a power of attorney, the decision to take them off life support or to perform medical procedures such as CPR will be decided by a judge. This can be very problematic because judges do not always make the same decisions that a person would have made for themselves. For this reason, it is so important to obtain a medical power of attorney.

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