A legal document prepared in advance allowing people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have and may designate someone else to make medical decisions?

• A. Living Will
• B. Advanced Directive
• C. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• D. Medical Order

Answer: (B)

An Advanced Directive is a document created in advance that lets a person outline what kinds of medical care they want or don’t want, and it can name a trusted person to make decisions if they become unable to speak for themselves. This makes it the best fit for the prompt because it covers both setting treatment preferences and designating a surrogate decision‑maker. A living will focuses on specific treatment choices but doesn’t necessarily appoint someone to decide for you. A durable power of attorney for health care designates a decision-maker but doesn’t always spell out the preferred treatments. A medical order translates current preferences into concrete orders for clinicians and is typically completed with input from a clinician rather than being a personal advance directive.