I agree with you totally. I read it over and over again, there's no way in the world I would sign that piece of paper without consulting my lawyer first. It's deliberately confusing. The fact that it's mostly elderly people who would be using this form, makes me very very suspicious. The intent to confuse isn't the result of stupidity, it's deliberate!
Just sign here Granny, it's a LIVING WILL! And the poor old dear thinks she's doing something that will keep her ALIVE! She has no idea that she's going to be sedated and deprived of food and water, all she wants to say is, don't keep me on life support - and life support to most people still means an artificial respirator.
Pro-forma Living Wills are a death sentence. See a Lawyer!
Dollars to donuts, a substantial number of people sign it without the benefit of competnet cousel, if any. The form is available for free on the internet.
Pro-forma Living Wills are a death sentence.
Promulgated by state legislatures.