An Advance Health Care Directive (or living will) is a legal document in which you state your wishes about certain kinds of medical treatments and life-prolonging procedures. The document takes effect if you can't communicate your own health care decisions. It may also be called a declaration or directive to physicians.

 

 

QUICK LINKS 

The following are some helpful quick links to the definitions of commonly used Estate Planning terms:

• Wills

• Trusts

• Probate

• Power of Attorney

• Advance Health Care Directive

• Conservator

• Special Needs Trust