Give yourself and your family peace of mind, make an Advance Directive to ensure that your wishes are followed when you are unable to make your own decisions regarding medical treatment and life support. This Advance Directive Package for the State of Mississippi contains:

• an explanation of what an advance directive is.
  
• instructions on preparing and completing an advance directive.
  
• a combined Advance Health Care Directive containing a section for instructions regarding life-sustaining procedures and other future health care decisions.
  
• a Designation of Primary Physician.
  
• a Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions appointing an agent to make health care decisions for you.

These easy-to-use Mississippi forms are provided in MS Word format, and can be used by more than one person by filling in the appropriate information.