What are advance directives and living wills?
“Living Will” is another name for “advance health care directive”. Throughout this section of the site, the term “advance health care directive” (or simply “advance directive”) is used, because that is the name used in the Delaware law related to this subject. An advance directive is established by completing an Advance Health Care Directive Form. An advance directive enables you to: Give instructions about your own health care. Part I of the advance directive form lets you give specific instructions about health care decisions. Choices are provided for you to express your wishes regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of treatment to keep you alive if you have a terminal medical condition or if you become permanently unconscious, including the provision, withholding, or withdrawl of artificial nutrition, hydration, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and mechanical resuscitation. Medically appropriate care necessary to ensure pain relief will be provided. Space is also availabl
