Lexington Health Care Proxy Attorney
Joel A. Bernstein & Associates in Lexington, Massachusetts, compassionately and effectively handles your health care proxy estate planning needs. A health care proxy is a document in which you assign a party as your agent who will make health care decisions on your behalf in case you become incapacitated and are not able to make health care decisions for yourself. A heath care proxy and a living will can be developed at the same time to reflect the scope of your health care designation and the medical treatment options that you prefer.
Your agent is required to make decisions in your best interests that are in accord with your known moral and religious beliefs. However, in an unexpected situation your agent can exercise his or her independent judgment in making a health care decision for you. You can insert language in the health care proxy that outlines your health care preferences on such things as end of life health care treatment. You can also limit your agent's authority in the document.
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The health care proxy that you select should be someone whose judgment and concern for your well-being are beyond question, as the agent that you select may have to make such a momentous decision as whether to sustain life support for you.
Contact Our Firm
If you have questions regarding estate planning and post-death administration of trusts and wills call lawyer Joel Bernstein at 781-325-1921, toll free at 888-811-7692 or fill out the online form on this website for a free, initial phone consultation. We will review your case and your options with their respective benefits and drawbacks, and any alternatives to the legal process that you may have. We look forward to assisting you and will provide the individual attention and personalized service that you deserve.
