If individuals are concerned they may become incapable of making decisions regarding mental
or physical health care, an important option is to produce a document called an "advance directive." This type of document ensures that an individual's choices will be honored if the individual becomes incapable of making treatment decisions.
Patricia Johnson, Assistant Counsel at the Commission on Quality of Care wrote a
Counsel's Corner article on this topic in Issue 77,
Fall-Winter 1999-2000 of the Commission's newsletter.
FAQs and necessary forms on this topic may be found on this site
in text format, or in pdf format
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download Acrobat Reader].
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