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This is a written document that specifies what types of medical treatment are desired should the individual become incapacitated. A living will can be general or very specific. The most common statement in a living will is to the effect that:
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| living will |
A document that specifies medical responses to presenting situations, usually centering on use of resuscitation and use of life support will that gives instructions to relatives regarding the care of one's body should they become terminally ill and unable to make rational decisions. Authorized by state law, this document directs that life not be artificially prolonged under the circumstance of incurable conditions certified to be terminal by two physicians. ...
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| living will |
A legal document that voices your medical decisions if you are unable to speak for yourself as a result of medical incapacitation.
Ãâó: www.reidepot.com/Glossary/l.html
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| living will |
Term for authorization to take testator off life-support equipment; authorized in many states but must use appropriate or required language and be formally executed.
Ãâó: www.swlearning.com/blaw/jennings/realestate7e/glos...
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| living will |
A written request that life not be prolonged by artificial means when death becomes inevitable.
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