{"id":1720,"date":"2026-07-13T18:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emc.health\/advance-directives\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:54:29","slug":"advance-directives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emc.health\/es\/advance-directives\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Directives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1720\" class=\"elementor elementor-1720\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad009d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad009d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad009b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad009b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad0098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Decide today who speaks for you if you can't<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An advance directive is a legal document where you put in writing what medical care you want \u2014 or don&#8217;t want \u2014 if you ever can&#8217;t communicate. 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