Texas Hospital Association

What Are Advance Directives?

Advance directives are documents that state your choices for health care, or name someone to make those decisions, if you are unable to make your wishes known in the future because of illness or injury.

By putting your wishes in writing, you take the burden off your family and doctors for making those most difficult decisions.


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