Following are links to various other resources that offer information, commentary, or experiences generally regarding health care decision-making by individuals or by their agents/representatives. These links are provided for illustrative purposes only. Use them in your own discretion. Act only with the advice of a qualified professional.

OTHER STATES:

• Advance Care Directives -- Laws by State:

• Synopsis: A chart outlining advance directives legislation across the country (revised 08/2006).
• Resource:Health Care Table.pdf (PDF, 403 kb, posted 10/09/2006).
• See also: "Protective Arrangements for Incapacitated Persons" (PDF, 112 pages, 605 KB), updated 08/24/2005.
• Source: AARP Foundation's National Legal Training Project.
  

• California Coalition for Compassionate Care:

• Note: The California Health Care Decisions Law went into effect on July 1, 2000.

• Advance Care Directives [in California]
• Advance Directive Education: Resources for [California] Health Care Professionals:
• Links Related to End-of-Life
  

• California Medical Society:

• Your Living Will: The New [2000 California] Advance Health Care Directive
  

• Delaware's Advance Health Care Directive Form:

• Source:Delaware Health and Social Services - Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
• Note: The Delaware form was developed by the Committee on Law and the Elderly of the Delaware Bar
  Association, and approved for use by the Office of the Attorney General of the State of
  Delaware.
• Delaware AHCD Form in Text Format
• Delaware AHCD Form in PDF Format
  

• Maryland Attorney General's Office:

• Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else: A Guide for Marylanders
  
• Brochure (PDF format, 2 pages, 03/10/06)
  
• Handbook (PDF format, 24 pages, 03/10/06)

• Massachusetts Resource Guide for End of Life Services

• Minnesota "Health Care Directive":

• Source: Minnesota Board on Aging
  
• Resources:
• Health Care Directive Legal Form (pdf)
• Suggestions for completing the Health Care Directive Part 1 (pdf)
• Suggestions for completing the Health Care Directive Part 2 (pdf)
• Health Care Instructions Worksheet (pdf)
• See also: "Health Care Directive" webpage of the University of Minnesota, College of Education & Human Development, Department of Family Social Science.

• New Mexico "Advance Directive":

• Source: University of New Mexico Health Services Center
• Resources:
• NM Advance Directive Explanation
• NM Advance Directive Form
• Values History Form -- "This Values History Form was developed at the Center for Health Law and Ethics, University of New Mexico School of Law. The form is not a legal document, although it may be used to supplement an Advance Directive such as a Living Will, a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, or a Health Care Proxy, if you have these."