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Advanced Care Directives are written in legal language. Doctors aren't very good at speaking legal language. Today, some states use a POLST.

POLST (Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a two-page, signed doctors order detailing in medical language what your wishes are. This may be a good document to have in addition to the Living Will and the Durable Power of Attorney. A POLST is filled out by the patient and the doctor.

Living wills and advance directives for medical decisions

Tool kit for "How to" prepare an Advance Directive

Advance Directives deal with care at home, in hospice or in a hospital.

They do not deal with CPR being performed if emergency medical personnel are involved outside of the hospital. This is covered by having a No CPR signed card on your person.