What legal document allows the competent adult to provide direction to health care providers regarding their choices under certain circumstances, should the individual no longer be able to make those decisions?

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The living will is a legal document created by the patient while competent that outlines what actions should or should not be taken under certain circumstances if he or she is not competent at the time the decision needs to be made.Typically, these decisions are related to the use of artificial life-sustaining measures, such as ventilators and feeding tubes.

What Legal Document Allows the Competent Adult to Provide Direction