A health care power of attorney is a document that gives specific privileges to an agent for the purpose of making health care decisions for you in the event you become incapacitated or unconscious and are unable to make your own health care decisions. Who you appoint to be that agent, however, can be a difficult choice. Your agent should ideally be someone who knows you well, has an ability to make sound judgments, and knows what decisions you would want to be made in certain situations.
But which agents should you avoid? And what about alternate agents?
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