New York

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

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