Health Care Proxy (NY)
This document allows you to appoint an agent to make health care decisions for you, and express your wishes for life-prolonging care in an end-of-life situation. Specifically, you can:
1. Name an agent and alternate agent to make health care decisions for you
2. State your individual instructions for medical treatment, including end-of-life care such as withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment if you are terminally ill
3. Document your wishes for organ or tissue donation