The person appointed under a health care proxy can make all kinds of medical decisions, which are as varied as giving consent to medical care to withdrawing treatment and medical interventions and allowing the patient to die naturally.
A Living Will is an expression of your wishes for End of Life Decision-making. Many people have strong feelings about being artificially kept alive with machines, hydration, and feeding when there’s no hope for recovery and death could be imminent. A Living Will should be a clear expression of your wishes and what you want to happen should those circumstances arise. You create a Living Will while you’re alive and well. The agent appointed under your Health Care Proxy should follow your wishes for end of life decision making should the situation arise and implement your wishes using the powers of the Health Care Proxy.