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A power of attorney may be more flexible, since it's impossible to predict all the medical decisions that might come up in the future and spell out your exact preferences for all of these situations. Many states actually combine the living will and power of attorney into one "advance directive" form.

An attending physician or other health care provider who is unwilling to comply with the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act shall as promptly as practicable take all reasonable steps to arrange care of the declarant by another physician or health care provider when the declarant becomes a qualified patient.

Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes. The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

Ten Important Questions About Advance Health Care Directives Would you want CPR or other resuscitation if your heart were to stop beating? Would you want to be put on a ventilator if you could no longer breathe on your own? Would you wish to have tube or needle feeding if you lost the ability to swallow?

There are three main disadvantages to using a living will: Living wills have a limited scope; Living wills rely on physician compliance; Living wills are not always given to health care providers.

A: An Advance Directive must be signed before two witnesses who are 18 or older. The witnesses cannot be beneficiaries under your will nor may they be persons who would inherit your property if you died without a will. An Advance Directive is not required to be notarized.