Advance directives | veterans affairs
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As a VA patient, you have a say in the health care you receive. Normally, your doctor discusses your options for health care with you and you get to decide what is best for you. But what
happens when you are too ill to make decisions for yourself? Who would you want to make decisions for you? Does this person know what you would or wouldn't want? Questions like these
may be hard to think about, but they're important. That's why we want you to know about a legal form you can complete to make your wishes known. It's called an advance
directive.