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A guide to making an advance health directive in Western Australia
This guide provides information to help you prepare and complete your Advance Health Directive. This helps you to think deeply about future situations in which you are unwell and unable to make decisions about your health care.
If this is distressing, please seek support from a family member, friend or health professional.
The sections of this document cover information explains what an Advance Health Directive is and why it is helpful, provides a step-by-step guide to making an Advance Health Directive, answers other frequently asked questions, an example of a completed form, and a blank Advance Health Directive.
- Organisation:
- Western Australia Department of Health
- Topic:
- Palliative care, Ageing and aged care
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- WA
- Published:
- August 2022
- Last reviewed:
- November 2023
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