How a Health Care Declaration and Health Care Power of Attorney Work

"It would be in your best interest to create documents that specify your wishes in the event you are disabled and cannot represent yourself.
 
The average person will try to avoid any thoughts of what would happen to them in the event they become ill, or are involved in an accident. Who would direct their medical needs? If you have not planned or created documents specific to your desires, it will be left up to family members, or even the court. A judge or family member could direct your care as they see fit, and not necessary, as you desired. Two kinds of health care directives: A health care declaration and a durable power of attorney ..."

Choosing Living Will and Health Care Directive

"In the aftermath of the Terri Schiavo court case, many people have reevaluated their options. State and Federal legislators throughout the country have offered new legislation, on how to handle seriously ill people in a terminal condition. The questions they are facing is how to deal with patients on artificial life support such as mechanical breathing machines, kidney dialysis treatment, and artificial hydration.
 
Futile Care laws have been enacted by California, Virginia and Texas. These laws enable doctors and hospital watchdog groups to overturn the decisions of the family ..."

Help Doctors with a Living Will

"More people are now aware of living wills, then in the past, and they are interested in them, and how they work. This is not the case for elderly patients, who have been hospitalized. For these patients, there is a great deal of confusion about living wills. But they are open to discussion concerning end of life issues. Many of these elderly patients have expressed a desire to limiting their health care in the event they become terminally ill. The question of misunderstanding and a lack of knowledge bring up an important topic. How can we educate and prepare people for the inevitable end of life.
 
In 1969 an attorney (Louis Kutner) came up with the idea of a living will. It was a response to the paranoid condition that was a reaction to new technology ..."

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