Short Answer:

A person can appoint an agent to make decisions for himself or herself regarding medical care
by creating a Power of Attorney for Health Care in someone that they trust.

This agent will have the authority to:
   a.)  Consent to your doctor giving you treatment necessary to keep you alive,
   b.)  Consent to your doctor not giving you treatment necessary to keep you alive, and
   c.)  Stop your doctor from giving you treatment necessary to keep you alive.
Philip McCarthy
Attorney at Law
A Power of Attorney for Health Care
allows you to name someone to make
medical decisions for you when you
cannot.
What About Decisions Regarding Medical Care?
For a more detailed analysis of
How Your Power of Attorney
for Health Care
Will Work
contact me.