A DNR or do not resuscitate order is a physician-signed document that explains a dying patient's wishes to medical staff. An advance directive is not necessarily completed by a patient who will die, but it is a document that tells a medical team how to proceed should such an inevitability occur.
In brief, your family members cannot override your advance directive or any part of your living will. An advance directive is a legally binding document. If you make the arrangements of a sound mind and body and follow all necessary rules to ensure the document's authenticity, there is nothing your family can do.
Advance directives and living wills can be handled by anyone 18 years or older. You will want to ensure that whoever you choose to be an executor or proxy knows and fully comprehends your wishes. PDFSimpli can help you draft a clear, concise living will that includes a thorough advance directive.
