Advance Care Planning: A guide to advance directives, living wills, and other strategies for communicating health care preferences

Living wills and health care proxies, documents known as advance care directives give, you a voice in decisions about your medical care at the end of life. Without these documents, choices may be left up to a doctor or a judge, someone who does not know your values, beliefs, or preferences. This Special Health Report, Advance Care Planning: A guide to advance directives, living wills, and other strategies for communicating health care preferences, will help you plan ahead and create legal documents to guide decision makers at this important time.