Advance Directives

Through advance directives documents, formerly referred to as living wills, individuals can express their treatment preferences before they actually need medical care. They can ensure that their wishes are carried out and relieve their families of the burden of making difficult decisions.

Subjects and forms covered below:
	Texas Directive to Physician, Family or Surrogates
	Texas Medical Power of Attorney
	Legal aspects of advance directives
	Hospital policies for implementing patient's rights
	Contact information
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Texas Directive to Physician, Family or Surrogates

Go to form: Texas Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogates

Individuals usually make decisions regarding their health care treatment with the help of their physician.

Texas law allows you to make an advance directive concerning your medical
care, particularly regarding end-of-life issures. That is, you may make your wishes concerning your medical treatment
known before you actually need such care.

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Texas Medical Power of Attorney

Go to form: Texas Medical Power of Attorney

General information
Another type of advance directive is known as a "Medical Power of Attorney." This document, signed by a competent adult, designates someone you trust as an agent to make health care decisions on your behalf if you become unable to make such decisions yourself.

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Legal aspects of advance directives

Neither the Directive to Physicians nor the Medical Power of Attorney needs to be notarized in order to be a legally valid expression of your desires.

Neither this hospital nor your physician may require you to execute a Directive to Physicians or a Medical Power of Attorney as a condition for admittance or receiving treatment in this or any other hospital.

The fact that you have executed a Directive to Physicians or a Medical Power of Attorney does not change any provision in any insurance policy you may have.

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Hospital policies for implementing patient's rights

Formal policies have been adopted to assure that your rights to make medical treatment decisions will be honored to the extent permitted by law.

This hospital has adopted policies relating to informed consent, implementation of Directives to Physicians and implementation of treatment decisions made by agents appointed under a Medical Power of Attorney.

If you desire further information about any of these policies, you may contact your nurse or physician.

Contact information

For additional information, call 830-997-1307, or
send an email to ldavis@hillcountrymemorial.com

Hill Country Memorial Hospital (830) 997-4353
1020 South State Highway 16, P O Box 835

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
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