Wouldn't it be simpler to say that unwritten evidence will not be accepted as the basis to withdraw life support?
Of course, Occam rules.
sounds a h*ll of a lot better than what's going on here...
but anyone who now doesn't get their stuff together - on paper and notarized - is leaving their relatives in a precarious position.
Myself, I'm going to rewrite mine to include a time table to allow me time to "come back" - which many have, against all 'expert" pronouncements - and that there damn well be a plug to pull - i.e., REALLY on "life support" - not just needing food and water - again, for a given period of time.
I sure don't want my kids to have to make the decisions, and disagree over degrees, as it were - and my "wishes paper" will be with my kids, NOT a lawyer or doctor, who then take any decisions out of the families hands and interpret them however they wish...