But you left out page six. Why?
My warning is for those who have already signed the standard living will. See there in my title, "check yours: could be deadly."
Because of all the press about "living wills," many never asked about a health care surrogate (the subject of page 6).
Page 5 -- the living will -- is a standalone document all by itself. It doesn't require page six, as declared on page one of the link: "You might choose to complete one, two, or all three of these forms. "
And from Pascal's example, his mom wasn't offered anything but an older version of page 5. Apparently she had asked her lawyer for a living will, and he provided the standard form without offering any further advice.
What do you want to bet that many people never knew to ask about anything but the living will?
Hence, I think your point is worthy of another thread to point that out.
However, don't you think there may be another problem here too?
Say you take the page one advice and sign both the living will and health care surrogate. The wording of the living will as it stands in this uncustomized form would not allow your health care surrogate to intervene either.
To solve that problem, change the standard living will to read
What do you think?