What is an advance directive and who would use it?CMS manual has defined an advance directive as a document appointing an agent and/or recording the wishes of a patient pertaining to his/her medical treatment at future time, should he/she lack decisional capacity at that time. Relevant legal forms include, but not limited to, a Health Care Proxy, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, a Living Will and/or completion of a Medical Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST). | |
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