"Alternative Medicine" - Natural Health Care? - Reform?
Non-commercial, purely-educational facts you need for freedom of informed CHOICE -- not merely informed CONSENT.

Note -- If you're FOR one choice and against another, just remember: It may be FOR you, but it isn't FOR everybody; so don't "make a religion of it" (or a "crusade" or an "inquisition", either) by ASSUMING we all need the same things and have the same personal values. WE DON'T! Grant everyone else the same freedom of choice you cherish.

Advance Medical Directive / Living Will / DPA

(Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
-- Including Advance Medical Directives)

NOT LEGAL ADVICE -----

----- or even guaranteed-accurate legal information ----- just a few suggestions on what can be, has been and is being done for health care "self-defense". VERY UNLIKELY will all of it fit your needs and circumstances, but maybe it will give you food for thought and advance planning.

If you're serious about your health care choices you need to put them in writing - in a legal document. Especially considering the furor that gets stirred up every so often in some countries about "health care reform" and the inclination of some folks to critique and attempt to rescind OTHER PEOPLE'S decisions.

The specific terms used to describe a person's health care directives vary from state to state (or province to province and country to country). Some states in the USA refer to it as a Health Care Proxy and others refer to it as a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, and still other states use a joint document containing both a Living Will and a health care directive.

For more specific and (hopefully) up-to-date information, see: this Gavel2Gavel.com page on Advance Health Care Directive, Living Will or Durable Health Care Power of Attorney, that includes State-specific Restrictions Witness Requirements, and Related Statutes; also Links to Sample Advance Health Care Directive Forms by State in the USA.

Mayo Clinic's page - Living wills and advance directives for medical decisions - explains basic treatment choices and their medical terminology (in case the latter has not been your "cup-o-tea").

See- this page on Advance Planning at National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (www.caringinfo.org) for what to do if family members disagree.

( The above links were current and functional late in 2016, but may be updated by the time you read this. Please drop me a note HERE if you discover that any of these links no longer function so I can hopefully find updates and readers can receive more current and reliable information.)

The sample form below is surely VERY "unorthodox", and is NOT GUARANTEED LEGALLY BINDING IN YOUR STATE, PROVINCE OR COUNTRY. While it has been judged so by legal counsel for ONE jurisdiction, you will most certainly need to examine very carefully not only the specific LEGAL requirements of your area, but also your OWN needs, personal values, abilities, limitations, and other concerns; and adjust your declaration of choices and instructions accordingly.

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Living Wills, Advance Medical Directives, and Serious Considerations
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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

I, _____Full_Legal_Name______ , execute this legal document as a formal declaration of my informed and resolute treatment instructions.

1. On the basis of my individual conscience as well as my faith in (and my personal understanding of) both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, I direct that NO TRANSFUSIONS, INFUSIONS, OR INJECTIONS OF WHOLE BLOOD OR ITS FRACTIONS AND DERIVATIVES be administered to me under any circumstances, even if health-care providers believe that such are necessary to preserve my life. I likewise refuse to pre-donate and store my own blood for later infusion.

--- Please see Leviticus 17:10-13 and Acts 15:28,29 ---

2. I have ADDITIONALLY chosen, in harmony with the right of informed choice implied in the laws of informed consent, and on the basis of deeply held PERSONAL values & convictions which give life meaning, to ENTIRELY AVOID medical (i.e. chemical, surgical & other allopathic) therapies & proceedures (lNCLUDlNG HOSPITALIZATION) in favor of certain non-medical, NON-SPIRITISTIC, entirely physical and biological therapies (most Chiropractic and Naturopathic disciplines as prime examples) which, in my personal circumstances and experience have proven reasonable, understandable and effective both in illness AND INJURY (but which are not entirely compatible with traditional western medicine). THIS IS NOT A DEATH WISH. I will earnestly pursue such so-called "alternative" therapies to the best of my ability.

I firmly beg and INSIST that Emergency Medical Technicians (and others who feel "responsible") respect this choice EVEN IF I AM UNCONSCIOUS. I WOULD appreciate basic NON-BLOOD, non-chemical, non-invasive, physical first aid if needed -- to arrest or retard profuse bleeding or set and splint broken bones, for example. If, in spite of reasonable efforts, I appear to be dying, please take me home, if at all possible, and let me die ( or revive ) IN PEACE.

In case it is not self-evident from the above instructions, I do NOT want to be administered mechanical or chemical "ARTIFICIAL LIFE SUPPORT" of any kind (including artifical nutrition and hydration) or even "natural" therapies that function only as drugs and do not supply the body with "resources" (such as energy or "building materials") to carry out it's own repair, maintenance, and internal "housekeeping".

3. I realize there are risks to these choices, JUST AS THERE ARE RISKS to ALL MEDICAL therapies, and hereby release those who have done their best to follow these instructions from any charge of neglect.

I give no one ( including any appointed decision-making agents ) any authority to disregard or override my instructions set forth herein. Relatives, friends OR PROFESSIONALS may disagree with me, but any such disagreement does not diminish the strength or substance of my ABSOLUTE REFUSAL OF BLOOD or my other decisions and instructions.
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4. Health-Care Agents or Advocates: While the above should leave very little to be decided by anyone except accredited non-medical, non-spiritistic health-care professionals, I appoint the person(s) named below as my advocate(s) to take any necessary steps, including legal action, to ensure that my decisions and instructions are honored. I give my advocate(s) full power and authority to consent to or to refuse treatment on my behalf, (WITHIN BOUNDS OF THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS) to consult with appropriate available health-care professionals, to obtain copies of any medical records regarding my condition, and to make any other health-care decisions not already set out above. If my first appointed advocate becomes unavailable, unable, or unwilling to serve, I appoint an alternate advocate below to serve with the same power and authority.

Here's a plain text full version of the above form -- if you find enough of it useful you'd like to copy it to your word processor for editing and printing.

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Of course, you'll want to keep the original in a secure and fire-proof location, and give copies to your advocates, primary health care provider, and appropriate family members.

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