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Purpose: To designate an agent to make healthcare decisions. Legal Significance: Allows a trusted individual to make decisions when one is unable to do so themselves.

Purpose: To specify preferences for life-sustaining treatment. Legal Significance: Helps ensure that a patient's treatment preferences are followed by all healthcare providers.

Purpose: To appoint another person to make healthcare decisions if one becomes unable to do so. Legal Significance: The appointed proxy has decision-making authority which is recognized by medical institutions.

Purpose: To indicate that a person does not want resuscitative measures if they are found outside of a hospital setting. Legal Significance: First responders and out-of-hospital medical personnel must comply with this order.

Purpose: To prevent EMS personnel from initiating resuscitation in emergency situations. Legal Significance: Provides a binding instruction to EMS that resuscitative efforts should not be started.

Purpose: Similar to a Healthcare Power of Attorney but remains in effect even if the person becomes permanently incapacitated. Legal Significance: Provides enduring authority to the agent to make healthcare decisions.

Purpose: To provide instructions for future healthcare decisions. Legal Significance: A combination of a Living Will and a Healthcare Power of Attorney which guides healthcare providers and loved ones in medical decision-making.

Purpose: To decline resuscitation in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest. Legal Significance: Medical professionals must honor this order during a medical emergency.

Purpose: To document an individual’s preferences regarding end-of-life care and to convert those preferences into medical orders. Legal Significance: Must be followed by healthcare workers and is designed for those with serious health conditions.

Purpose: To provide instructions for end-of-life care. Legal Significance: Legally binding document guiding healthcare providers when a person is incapacitated.

Purpose: To provide directions for mental health treatment when a person is unable to make decisions due to a mental health condition. Legal Significance: Ensures respect for the person’s treatment preferences during periods of incapacitation.

Purpose: Similar to an Out-of-Hospital DNR, it is to inform medical personnel not to perform CPR in non-hospital settings. Legal Significance: Provides a clear directive to emergency services personnel regarding the individual's resuscitation preferences.

Purpose: To visually communicate a person's DNR status to emergency personnel. Legal Significance: It acts as an immediate indicator for EMS to see and honor the DNR order without delay.

Purpose: To communicate personal, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as medical wishes. Legal Significance: Recognized in many states as a binding legal document for healthcare decisions.