Article: Your Health Care Proxy And Who Will Handle It?
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Your Health Care Proxy And Who Will Handle It?
There's no simpler estate planning document than a health care proxy in which you name someone to make medical decisions for you if you're incapacitated. You can pick up a standard proxy form at any legal stationery store and fill it in without a lawyer's help.
So much for the easy stuff...
The hard part is choosing the right person. You want an agent who's persistent, intelligent and confident -- someone who'll push doctors for more information, be smart enough to assess conflicting medical recommendations and decisive enough to make choices some members of your family may disagree with. Your health care agent must understand your wishes and be capable of carrying them out, regardless of his or her own feelings.
That's a very tough job -- perha...
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