Posted on 03/12/2007 4:43:58 AM PDT by wagglebee
If I die and any of my organs can be used to make someone else's life better or longer, I'm all for it -- AS LONG AS I'M REALLY DEAD.
My brother is an attorney specializing in estate planning and elder law, my wife (who is also an attorney but doesn't do any estate planning) and I have been VERY CAREFUL with our wills and medical directives. I used to not want a medical directive, but I realize now that in the absense of one a lot of hospitals will just kill you off.
It used to be that without an explicit request from the patient, doctors provided reasonable medical care. The tide has turned. Now you're required to beg for your life, and even then, they aren't required to comply.
Interesting indeed! Thanks for posting the paper.
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