Nolo's Online Health Care Directive

Naming Your Health Care Agent

Naming an agent is one of the most important parts of creating your health care directive.

Granting Specific Powers to Your Agent

If you name an agent in your health care directive, you can also describe the powers you want your agent to have; such as withdrawing life-prolonging procedures, authorizing organ donation, and authorizing disposition of bodily remains.

Stating Your Wishes for Organ Donation

You can express your wishes about donating your organs, tissues or body after death with a health care directive.

Specifying Your Health Care Wishes

In your health care directive, you can express your wishes and feelings about medical treatment in as much detail as you choose.

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)

It’s controversial, but at the end of life, some people chose to hasten death by refusing food and water.

Talking to Your Agent

Talking to your agent may be the most important thing you can to do assure your wishes are followed.

Helping Another Person Make Health Care Directives

Is it okay to help someone else make a medical power of attorney or living will?

Nolo's California Health Care Directive FAQ

Learn how to use Nolo's California Health Care Directive form and answers to other frequently asked questions.

Nolo's Florida Health Care Directive FAQ

Can I use this form if I do not live in Florida? Can I make health care directives for more than one state? Does Nolo use Florida statutory forms for its health care directive? What issues does this form cover? Does this form provide a health care power of attorney and a living will? Can I make this

Nolo's Texas Health Care Directive FAQ

Learn how to use Nolo's Texas Health Care Directive form and answers to other frequently asked questions.

Nolo's Georgia Health Care Directive FAQ

Learn how to use Nolo's Georgia Health Care Directive form and find answers to other frequently asked questions.