From Unsourced document posted by mercyme on another thread.
"They also state that advanced directives providing for treatment should not carry the same weight as directives withdrawing care, and advanced directives should not compel the physican to provide them, regardless if the patient needs them (Doty). Doty is part of the Florida Bioethics Network as well as Project Grace. One of the changes in the law in CB/CB/SB 2228 includes the Bioethics Network as part of the process of withdrawing care. " Very chilling and another step in the end-of-life panel's move toward the doctor being able to over-rule your wishes.
How lovely! You know these hospice people come into the homes of the sick elderly and try to coerce them to sign these forms. You have to be very strong-willed, as my father was, to resist the "sales pitch" that they give you. It's a lot like having a door-to-door salesman come into your home and they don't walk away without selling you something.
I think that many of these organizations are preying on the elderly. They take advantage of the fact that their health is deteriorating. Next thing you know, the forms are signed and the person is in hospice care dying. Then after they pass on, how many times do you see that "in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to XYZ hospice". It turns into a money-making but non-profitable venture.