Advance Directives
An “advance directive” allows adult individuals to direct their medical care in the event they become incompetent and are unable to make medical decisions for themselves. Advance directive statutes define those medical situations in which individuals can direct their future care and steps they need to take to best assure legal recognition of their advance directives.
Iowa statutory law provides for three types of advance directives:
1) Life-Sustaining Procedures Act (living will);
2) Durable Power for Health Care Decision Making; and
3) Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (OOH-DNR).
There are similarities and distinctions among these three types of directives. To enjoy the statutory immunities afforded to physicians under Iowa's advance directive laws, physicians must be aware of and adhere to the particulars of each statute.
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