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 ...

I don’t want to pressure them, but I am really anxious about this and want to deal with these important decisions while they ...

April is Health Care Decisions Month. A few years ago, when I heard of this month-long awareness campaign, I thought it odd. I didn’t understand the importance of having an official health care ...

A health care proxy (or in some states a durable power of attorney for health care) appoints an agent to make health care decisions for you in the event of incapacity. A guardianship (or in some ...

The case of Karen Ann Quinlan became an accelerant for much of the end-of-life care and legal devices that are now considered standard.

A healthcare proxy is a document that gives someone the power to make healthcare decisions on behalf of a person who is incapacitated. Learn more here.

A healthcare power of attorney or healthcare proxy empowers someone to speak with and make decisions about another person’s medical condition, care, and treatment.

Getting access to your parents' Medicare or Medicare Advantage accounts is easiest when they're healthy. But you still have ...

April was Advance Care Planning Month. Massachusetts Department of Public Health appealed to clinicians to ask all adults, regardless of age if they have a health care proxy. If they don’t have ...

Q: Before my husband passed last year, he and I spoke frequently about our health care wishes and decisions. Now that he is gone, I’m worried about who will help ...