Your living will, DNR, health care proxy and HIPAA release may need to be revised to address the realities of coronavirus. What practical steps should you consider?

Medical advances increasingly blur the line between consciousness and unconsciousness, between life and death. You need a partner in this semi-monde of uncertainty, a proxy who can speak for you ...

Harry Margolis, author of Get Your Ducks in a Row, explains why you need a health care proxy or durable power of attorney for health care.

Then the power of attorney and medical proxy your mom chose will be able to make decisions on her behalf without interference from other family members.

Health care proxy: An advance medical directive in the form of a legal document that designates another person (a proxy) to make health care decisions in case a person is rendered incapable of ...

There is no denying that a Health Care Proxy for your college age children is essential and offers one less worry for parents.

Lipkin said that identifying a proxy for health care as part of routine medical inquiry offers several immediate clinical advantages.

If you are incapacitated, the health care proxy agent is empowered to make decisions you would have been able to make as a patient.