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Living Wills - Healthcare Proxies

Serious surgery often requires proper planning before you even enter the hospital. Many people complete a healthcare proxy or living will prior to having a complicated surgery. Other individuals complete these important documents when establishing an estate plan. Regardless of the reason, it is important to have a well thought out healthcare proxy and living will established. The Law Offices of Frederick J. Martorell, Esq., P.C. offers more than 10 years of legal experience in assisting clients with these medical directives. Contact Staten Island healthcare proxy and medical directive lawyer, Frederick J. Martorell for assistance.

Living Will

Many people have beliefs and convictions about their medical care. Some may want to make sure that their wishes are followed if they experience a serious accident or decline in health that renders them incapacitate, in a persistent vegetative state, or otherwise unable to communicate their wishes for end of life care. People have specific desires concerning the prolonging of their lives on life support or other machines. In order to ensure that your beliefs are safeguarded, it is necessary to have a valid living will created. A living will is a document that indicates an individual's wishes for end of life decisions, including whether one should:

• Be held alive on a respirator
• Be removed from a respirator
• Be fed intravenously
• Be resuscitated

For many, the ability to create a do not resuscitate order or direct a doctor to remove them from life support presents a two-fold benefit. First, a living will ensures that doctors uphold the person's wishes and beliefs. Second, and perhaps more importantly, it allows the person to relieve family members from having to make this difficult decision. Not only does this relieve stress on the family members who would make the decision, it also prevents fighting amongst family over the decision itself.

Healthcare Proxy

A healthcare proxy is a document that grants authority to another person - usually called an agent - to make medical decisions for a family member or friend who lacks the capacity to make the decisions on their own. This document, created in advance of incapacity, only goes into effect when a doctor determines that the individual lacks capacity. Prior to that point, the individual still has the power to make the decisions. Unlike a living will, this document applies to any medical situation where an individual may become incapacitated.

Quality Legal Assistance

New Jersey Estate planning lawyer Frederick Martorell understands how difficult facing these decisions can be for many people and is dedicated to guiding them through the process with ease. Contact New York healthcare proxy and living will attorney, Frederick J. Martorell for a free initial consultation.

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