Advance Directive for a Natural Death ("Living Will")

Your First and Last Name *

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Full Legal Name of Person Making Advance Directive *

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Current Mailing Address of Person Making the Directive *

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My directions about prolonging my life shall apply IF my attending physician determines that I lack capacity to make or communicate health care decisions and: *

I have an incurable or irreversible condition that will result in my death within a relatively short period of time.
I become unconscious and my health care providers determine that, to a high degree of medical certainty, I will never regain my consciousness.
I suffer from advanced dementia or any other condition which results in the substantial loss of my cognitive ability and my health care providers determine that, to a high degree of medical certainty, this loss is not reversible.

North Carolina law provides that your medical provider shall, subject to limited exceptions, follow an advance directive for a natural death which directs the withdrawal of life prolonging measures under the one the situations above.

In those situations I have checked in the previous response, I direct that my health care providers: *

may withhold or withdraw life-prolonging measures.
shall withhold or withdraw life-prolonging measures.

You may give permission to withdraw life-prolonging measures, or you may leave an instruction to withdraw life-prolonging measures

Would you like to make an exception and still receive either Artifical Hydration or Artificial Nutrition? *

I DO NOT want to make an exception for artificial hydration or artificial nutrition.
I DO want to receive BOTH artificial hydration AND artificial nutrition (for example, through tubes) in those situations.
I DO want to receive ONLY artificial hydration (for example, through tubes) in those situations.
I DO want to receive ONLY artificial nutrition (for example, through tubes) in those situations.

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If I have appointed a health care agent by executing a health care power of attorney or similar instrument, and that health care agent is acting and available and gives instructions that differ from this Advance Directive, then I direct that:

this Advance Directive will override instructions my health care agent gives about prolonging my life.
my health care agent has authority to override this Advance Directive.

In the event of a conflict between what your designated agent instructs and what you have left as an instruction in this instrument, tell us what instructions the medical provider should follow.

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Advance Directive for a Natural Death (“Living Will”)