Create a Living Will and Other Legal Documents

In the event of a serious accident or illness, would you want your doctors to do everything possible to keep you alive, or would you prefer minimal, noninvasive treatment? Do you want to help eliminate the pressure and anxiety for your loved ones when they are making an important emergency decision? These are important decisions that must be executed in order for your loved ones and physicians to properly fulfill your wishes.

A living will is designed to serve as a directive to physicians and other health care providers to implement your health care wishes about specific treatments or procedures in the event you cannot communicate those wishes at the time of treatment. Note that a living will is a separate legal document from your will and only becomes effective in the event that you cannot express your wishes.

When making important measures such as this, these decisions should properly reflect your philosophical and religious beliefs.
Once you have completed the living will, we strongly encourage you to discuss your wishes with your family members and to provide them with a signed copy of your living will.