The Minnesota Health Care Directive
A Planning Toolkit
♦ Why Plan Ahead
♦ Understand Common Terms
♦ Know the Facts
♦ Step-by-step Suggestions for Completing
♦ Where to Keep Copies
♦ A Planning Record
♦ Review and Update
These materials were developed by a group of professionals with expertise in law,
health care, life and death health care decision making, and plain language materials
development with the leadership of Marlene S. Stum, PhD, University of Minnesota
Extension Service. (Updated 2008)