Living Will / Advance Directive Overview

• A living will is used to state one's intentions regarding the use of life support
• Typically, two doctors independently must be involved in the decision to cease the use of life support
• The Arizona Advance Directive Registry allows you to store an electronic copy of your advance directive, medical power of attorney or mental health power of attorney so it available in their central database if needed.
• Life Care Planning may be done for free via the Arizona attorney general's website.

Living Will

This document can specify and request that if a person is in a coma or other persistent vegetative state with little or no chance of regaining consciousness, or with irreversible brain damage and unable to recognize people or speak, or with irreversible brain damage with a terminal illness, as certified by two (2) physicians that no life-sustaining procedures or aggressive medical therapy be undertaken, including (but not limited to):

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• The implantation of a cardiac pacemaker
• Renal dialysis
• Parental feeding
• The use of respirators or ventilators
• Blood transfusions
• Nasogastric tube use
• Intravenous feedings
• Endotracheal tube use
• Organ transplants
• Major surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Invasive diagnostic tests

These documents typically authorize the administration of pain medications even if they dull consciousness and indirectly shorten life.

Learn about:

• Revocable living trusts
• Last will and testaments
• Medical/mental health/financial powers of attorneys and living wills
• Living wills - Advanced care directives

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• Blended families
• Charities
• Controlling distributions
• Estate taxes
• Guardians for children
• Probate

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