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2. Five Wishes - Wikipedia

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   The Five Wishes. Wishes 1 and 2 are both legal documents. Once signed, they meet the legal requirements for an advance directive in the states listed below. Wishes 3, 4, and 5 are unique to Five Wishes, in that they address matters of comfort care, spirituality, forgiveness, and final wishes. Wish 1: "The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions ...

3. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S ...

4. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with the severely ill and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. [1] POLST began in Oregon in 1991 and currently exists in 46 states ...

5. How to Create an Advance Directive in Texas - AOL

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6. Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Involuntary euthanasia is illegal in all 50 states of the United States. [ 1 ] Assisted suicide is legal in 10 jurisdictions in the US: Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] and the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico, Maine, [ 3 ] New Jersey, [ 4 ] Hawaii, and Washington. [ 5 ] The status of assisted suicide is disputed in Montana ...

7. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Estate planning is the process of anticipating and arranging for the management and disposal of a person's estate during the person's life in preparation for a person's future incapacity or death. The planning includes the bequest of assets to heirs, loved ones, and/or charity, and may include minimizing gift, estate, and generation ...