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Harvard Men's Health Watch

Make your end-of-life wishes known

Published: December, 2013

Healthcare proxies and advance directives help ensure you get only the kind of care you want.

What kind of medical care would you want if you were unable to express your wishes yourself? Would you want indefinite measures to sustain your life no matter what?

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