What is a Health Care Proxy? Below is the definition from www.medicinenet.com: Health care proxy: An advance medical directive in the form of a legal document that designates another person (a proxy) ...

April is Health Care Decisions Month. A few years ago, when I heard of this month-long awareness campaign, I thought it odd. I didn’t understand the importance of having an official health care proxy ...

Q: Before my husband passed last year, he and I spoke frequently about our health care wishes and decisions. Now that he is gone, I’m worried about who will help me with those decisions if I should ...

ISO: someone who knows me, who has my interests at heart; someone who will salve my wounds and keep me from harm; someone who laughs at my jokes. Someone who loves me. ISO: a health-care proxy. This ...

Q: My son turned 18 this year and is now living away at college. I’m concerned his doctors will not provide me access to his medical information — that, I will not be able to help him if he gets sick ...

If someone has signed a health care proxy and durable power of attorney while they have capacity, is there any benefit to also petitioning for guardianship or conservatorship later on if that ...

A New Hampshire family is urging parents to be legally prepared to act on their adult children's behalf in an emergency after they learned in the worst way possible that they were not. In the new book ...

Emmy-winning actor Michael Chiklis, 62, is a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, having starred in TV hits like ...