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In an '''<span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive''', you can write <span class="noglossary">instructions</span> to your representative or to your doctor about what kind of health care you want and don’t want if you have a serious medical condition.  
In an '''<span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive''', you can write <span class="noglossary">instructions</span> to your representative or to your doctor about what kind of health care you want and don’t want if you have a serious medical condition.  


<span class="noglossary">Advance</span> directives don’t cover personal care or financial affairs. They apply only to future health care and often deal with end-of-life decisions. Some people use the term '''living will''' when talking about an <span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive.
<span class="noglossary">Advance</span> directives don’t cover personal care or financial affairs. They apply only to future health care and often deal with end-of-life decisions. Some people use the term "living will" when talking about an <span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive.


Instructions in your <span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive can be general statements such as ''"I don't want to be connected to machines to stay alive."'' Or they can be specific statements such as: ''“I don't want to receive donated blood.”''  
Instructions in your <span class="noglossary">advance</span> directive can be general statements such as ''"I don't want to be connected to machines to stay alive."'' Or they can be specific statements such as: ''“I don't want to receive donated blood.”''  
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