The CRITICAL ConditionsSM Planning Guide is available free of charge in many locations throughout Georgia. To find a location in your area, click here, or you may purchase the CRITICAL ConditionsSM Planning Guide: As an on-line download in PDF format As a booklet mailed to your home

* The most important thing you can do to make sure your wishes for your final health care are followed is to talk to your loved ones about these important issues using the Conversation Starter contained as Step 1 in the CRITICAL Conditions^SM Planning Guide. The Individual Worksheet, Step 2, will help you organize your thoughts in writing and Step 3, the Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care is the document for legally expressing your wishes. While the Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care meets all the legal requirements in Georgia, laws governing advance directives vary from state to state. Therefore, the Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care contained in this Planning Guide may not comply with all the laws in states other than Georgia. To legally document your wishes outside Georgia, use the Conversation Starter and Individual Worksheet in the Planning Guide and then obtain and complete the legal document valid in your state. These documents are generally available at any hospital.