http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free Minnesota Estate Planning legal forms and free Minnesota Estate Planning legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/can-a-pregnant-woman-state-what-type-of-care.html A pregnant woman can state in her health care directive what type of care she does and does not want for herself as well as her unborn child. However, if a pregnant woman does not indicate her wishes on her directive, the law will assume the woman wants all care possible to preserve the life of her unborn child. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/can-i-indicate-my-wishes-to-donate-my-organs.html Your health care directive can state that you wish to donate your organs when you die. You can state any limits or special wishes concerning your organ donation. Your next of kin may be asked for permission to donate your organs even if you do not mention a donation in your health care directive. You can also state in your health care directive that you do not wish to donate your organs. Your health care directive does not have to say anything about organ donation. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/how-long-does-a-health-care-directive-last.html Health care directives or other advance directives do not expire, but you should review them periodically to make sure they continue to fit your needs. You should also check with your provider about whether you have to renew your health care directive under their policies. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/if-i-have-other-questions-whom-should-i-ask.html If you have any other questions about health care directives, your own unique situation or your options, contact your doctor, other health care provider, attorney or other qualified advisor. These people should be able to answer most of your questions. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/is-my-health-care-directive-legal-in-all-50-s.html Laws regarding advance directives are not the same in all fifty states in the U.S. If you spend a great deal of time in another state, or move to another state, be sure you understand the laws. An advance directive document executed in another state can be used in other states if the document complies with the law of the other state as well. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:51:07 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-if-i-change-my-mind.html Once a health care directive is written, it can be changed or revoked as long as you have capacity. You can draft a statement, in writing and dated, stating your intent to cancel your health care directive. You can also cancel it by stating your intent to do so in the presence of two witnesses who do not have to be present at the same time. To change your health care directive you should make a new one. Any previous directives will be revoked if they are different. You should tell others who know about your health care directive that you have changed or canceled it. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-if-my-health-care-provider-refuses-to-fo.html Your agent has the same ability as you do to make decisions about health care. Health care providers must follow the health care agent's directions to the extent allowed by reasonable medical practice. This does not mean the health care agent can demand treatment that will not help you or that the provider is not able to provide. If the provider is not able to comply with the agent's directions for life­sustaining treatment, the provider must promptly transfer you to another provider who is able to do so. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-is-a-health-care-agent.html One or more persons legally authorized to make health care decisions for another who is not able to communicate. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-is-a-health-care-directive.html A health care directive is a form of authorization you give in advance about the kinds of health care you would or would not want if, for any reason, you cannot or choose not to communicate for yourself. In it you can either name an agent(s) to make health care decisions. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-is-an-advance-directive.html It is a written tool used to guide health care decisions when an individual is unable to do so because of incapacity. Most people are familiar with the terms "living will" or "durable power of attorney for health care" as types of advance directives. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-is-power-of-attorney.html A legal document in which one person gives another the authority to make specific financial decisions. Unless specifically written to do so, it does not cover health care decisions. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-is-the-difference-between-a-health-care.html A will is a legal document written to have control over what happens to one's property and assets when one dies. It does not involve health care decisions, but the health care directive does. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-kinds-of-health-care-decisions-should-i.html You should consider your thoughts and feelings on what you would like to achieve through health care treatment and your beliefs and values related to health care and related issues. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/what-will-happen-if-i-dont-have-a-health-care.html If you do not have a health care directive and can't make your own health care choices, your providers will probably talk to your family about what treatment is best for you. If there is disagreement, someone may seek appointment of a guardian or conservator. If this happens, you have no control over who will be named, and you can't be sure your wishes will be followed. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/who-can-make-a-health-care-directive.html Any person 18 or older with the capacity to execute a health care directive. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/who-should-know-about-my-health-care-directiv.html You decide who may see your health care directive. It is a good idea to tell your health care agent, family, close friends, health care provider, and attorney and give them copies of it. Do not keep it in a safe deposit box where it would be inaccessible when needed. Minnesota Estate Planning FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Estate-Planning/Minnesota/will-i-still-be-treated-if-i-do-not-make-a-he.html Yes. Making a health care directive is your choice. A provider can't discriminate against you based on whether or not you have a health care directive. 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