You have the right to give instructions about your own health care. You also have the right to name someone else to
Completing an advanced health care directive takes the burden off your loved ones when they have to make a decision about what you would have wanted. It gives them the ability to make sure your wishes are carried out and followed. The form is fairly simple to complete, and there is no cost.
You can obtain information and download your own form at:
http://www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/pdf/AHCDS1.pdf