According to Massachusetts law, any individual 18 years of age or more and of sound mind may execute a Living Will Declaration governing the withholding of life-sustaining treatment
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In Massachusetts Revocable Living Will you may address other important health care issues such as: cardiac resuscitation, organ donation, or state your personal values with regards to the end of life decisions |
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According to Massachusetts law, every competent adult shall have the right to execute a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. In Massachusetts this important legal document (declaration) is known as a Living Will.
The Massachusetts Living Will allows you to express your end-of-life health related wishes in advance, while you are in a good state of mind. In a Massachusetts Living Will you may state whether you accept or reject life-supporting treatment, such as feeding tube, artificial nutrition or hydration, cardiac resuscitation, mechanical respiration, etc., in case you can not communicate your wishes due to the illness, advanced age, or brain damage. In the Massachusetts Living Will you may state whether you wish to donate your organs for research, educational or other purposes. Please note that according to Massachusetts law the instructions contained in a Massachusetts living will are not legally binding. If there is something you do not understand about this document you should consult an attorney. Before signing this Massachusetts Living Will you need to discuss your treatment with your physician in as many details as possible, and consider types of treatments that you want/do not want to be performed for you when you are unable to express your wishes because of your illness. Please make sure to state clearly particular treatments you want or do not want. THIS LIVING WILL IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO COMPETENT ADULT WITNESSES. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS MAY NOT ACT AS ONE OF THE WITNESSES: (1) the person designated by the Principal as your agent; (2) a person related to the Principal by blood or marriage; (3) a person entitled to any part of the Principal’s estate after the Principal’s death under a will or codicil executed by the Principal or by operation of law; (4) the Principal’s attending physician; (5) an employee of the Principal’s attending physician; (6) an employee of a health care facility in which the Principal is a patient if the employee is providing direct patient care to the Principal or is an officer, director, partner, or business office employee of the health care facility or of any parent organization of the health care facility; or (7) a person who, at the time this power of attorney is executed, has a claim against any part of the Principal’s estate after his or her death. It is suggested that you keep the original of your Massachusetts Living Will on file with your physician. |
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