What are 'advanced healthcare directives'?

What are 'advanced healthcare directives'?

Arthur Shorr (Former COO and SVP of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gives expert video advice on: What are 'advanced healthcare directives'?; What information should my advanced healthcare directive contain? and more...

An Advanced Healthcare Directive is a legal document that allows an individual to give an authorization to respect your wishes in how you would want to be treated in a specific situation, when you can no longer speak properly for yourself. It's actually used to designate another person to make medical decisions for you, and it's really called the Living Will, in simpler terms.