Honoring Your Decisions
Federal law requires Unity Health Center to give you information about your right to make advance decisions. Right now you may be able to make your own healthcare decisions. However, you may not always be able to do so. By giving directions now, you can tell your physician and family about the medical care you would like to receive in case you become unable to make such decisions for yourself.

Unity Health Center is committed to providing high quality medical care while protecting the patient’s rights, dignity and autonomy in decision making. Every person has the right to make an Advance Directive. An Advance Directive is a written or oral statement that gives instructions about your right to accept or refuse medical care should you be unable to communicate your decision.

The State of Oklahoma Advance Directive for Health Care is comprised of two sections, the Living Will and the Healthcare Proxy.

Living Will
This is a written statement that allows you state your wishes about medical care in the event that you can no longer make your own medical decisions and you are terminally ill or persistently unconscious.

Healthcare Proxy
The Appointment of Healthcare Proxy section, your state's Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, lets you name someone to make decisions about your medical care if you can no longer speak for yourself. Decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment can be made by your health care proxy when you can no longer speak for yourself and your doctor and one other doctor have determined that you are persistently unconscious or terminally ill.As part of the admission process, you will be provided with a copy of the Unity Health Center Pamphlet "Questions and Answers Advance Directive for Healthcare" which includes the State of Oklahoma Advance Directive for Healthcare. This includes education information and contact personnel available to assist those interested in completing an advance directive.

If you already have an Advance Directive or Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care form, please bring this information with you during your hospital admission.

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