The best time to prepare your Advanced Medical Directive (pdf) is before a circumstance arises where one may be needed. An Advance Health Care Directive (or Advance Medical Directive) allows you to ...

Don't leave your medical decisions to chance if you're incapacitated. The value of an Advanced Care Directive.

It involves preparing a will, appointing a power of attorney and filling out an advance care directive — a legally binding document that outlines a person's end-of-life preferences. "It's about ...

As a nurse, Kim Von Asten of Dousman, Wis., knows it’s important to document how you want to be cared for at the end of your life, or when you can no longer speak for yourself because of a major ...