Excerpt from the Attorney General�s press release: April 7, 2006
The nationally recognized Five Wishes advance directive form is as compelling to Oklahoma medical providers as a statutory advance directive or a competent person�s verbal declarations, according to an Opinion released today by Attorney General Drew Edmondson.

�An advance directive for health care allows individuals to communicate their wishes for life-sustaining treatment should they fall into a condition that prevents them from communicating,� Edmondson said. �The form discussed in this Opinion is the Five Wishes form, a copyrighted document developed by a Florida nonprofit aging organization.�

According to the Opinion, the Five Wishes form �gives an attending physician knowledge that the patient, when competent, gave informed consent� as to the treatment he or she wishes to receive.

�The Five Wishes form is valid in this state and can be used in place of the advance directive form created by the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act,� Edmondson said.
(emphasis added)