title: Planning for the unexpected: do it now. Health proxies and living wills communicate your healthcare wishes if you are unable to. Yet fewer than 20 percent of Americans have such plans in place.
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life