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advance directive for health care

i, , being of sound mind and eighteen (18) years of age or older, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire, by my instructions to others through my living will, or by my appointment of a health care proxy, or both, that my life shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below. i thus do hereby declare:

. living will

if my attending physician and another physician determine that i am no longer able to make decisions regarding my medical treatment, i direct my attending physician and other health care providers, pursuant to the oklahoma rights of the terminally ill or persistently unconscious act, to withhold or withdraw treatment from me under the circumstances i have indicated below by my signature. i understand that i will be given treatment that is necessary for my comfort or to alleviate my pain.

if i have a terminal condition, i direct that life-sustaining treatment shall be withheld or withdrawn if such treatment would only prolong my process of dying, and if my attending physician and another physician determine that i have an incurable and irreversible condition that even with the administration of life-sustaining treatment will cause my death within six (6) months.

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i understand that the subject of the artificial administration of nutrition and hydration (food and water) is of particular importance if i have a condition described above. i understand that if i do not sign this paragraph, artificially administered nutrition (food) and hydration (water) will be administered to me. i further understand that if i sign this paragraph, i am authorizing the withholding and withdrawal of artificially administered nutrition and hydration.

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. anatomical gifts

i direct that at the time of my death my entire body or designated body organs or body parts be donated for purposes of transplantation, therapy, advancement of medical or dental science or research or education pursuant to the provisions of the uniform anatomical gift act. death means either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem. i specifically donate:

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if any provision in this document is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the directions in this document are severable.

in the absence of my ability to give directions regarding the use of life-sustaining procedures, it is my intention that this advance directive shall be honored by my family and physicians as the final expression of my legal right to refuse medical or surgical treatment including, but not limited to the administration of any life-sustaining procedures and i accept the consequences of such refusal.

this advance directive shall be in effect until it is revoked. i understand that i may revoke this directive at any time. i understand and agree that if i have any prior directives, and if i sign this advance directive, my prior directives are revoked. i understand the full importance of this advance directive and i am emotionally and mentally competent to make this advance directive.

signed this ____ day of _______________, _____.

declarant signature:________________________________________

name:

address:

county

this advance directive was signed in my presence. each of us is at least eighteen (18) years of age or older, and neither of us is a legatee, devisee, or heir at law of the declarant.