Health Care & Hospital Law
Aug. 13, 2013
Avoid turmoil by ensuring advance health care directives are in place
There are two main types of advance health care directives: a living will and a durable power of attorney. California also allows the use of a “physician orders for life-sustaining treatment.” By Bradley I. Kramer
End of life care and the use of, and need for, end of life health care directives is an issue that each of us, as attorneys, may have already encountered and one that will certainly become increasingly prominent in the years ahead.
Traditionally, there are two main types of advance health care directives: a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. California also allows the use of a "physician orders for li...
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