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Yes, Advance Care Directives are legally binding in NSW (and throughout Australia). While NSW does not have specific statue legislation (i.e., legislation made by Parliament), ACDs are legally binding under the Common Law (i.e., law made by Court decisions).

A person can also revoke their Advance Directive orally, by telling their healthcare provider that they no longer want either the entire document or any parts of it enforced.

Some of the criticisms of advance care planning noted by the authors and oth- ers (Fagerlin and Schneider 2004), such as patients' limited factual understanding that informs a preference, the nar- row range of content accommodated in typical directive documents, the translation of document content into actual decisions

You can change or cancel your advance directive at any time. Just fill out new forms and get rid of your existing forms. Or you can just let your family, your doctor, and your health care agent know about the change. If you change or create new forms, give everyone an updated copy.

Healthcare advance directives should state both what you do want and what you don't want.You retain the right to override the decisions or your representative, change the terms of your living will or POA, or completely revoke an advance directive.

Current thinking about advance care planning reveals it to be composed of behaviors including clarification of values; communication among patients, surrogates, and clinicians; and completion of written directives.

Advance care directives tell the doctors about specific kinds of treatment that you would or would not want no matter how sick you are. An Advance Care plan is how the doctors should manage your care.