Her living will did not match the Georgia model, and was ambiguous as to what is being requested, but her condition did not merit removal of food and water under in her condition regardless.
Can you tell me where you found this info? I can't locate anything that says her living will was not a legal document or that it was not specific, etc. The only articles with any info concerning her living will that I have read are WND 4/09/05, David Kupelian, Grandma airlifted to Medical Center; WND 4/7/05, Sarah Foster; News.Telegraph, 4/17/05, Jacqui Goddard in Miami. None of them say that there was anything legally wrong with her living will. Everything else is a blog or forum as I don't think this made it into the MSM. Thanks.
sc: Her "Living Will" did not match the Georgia model...
Her ordeal also serves to illustrate the practical
unworkability of so-called "Living Wills" Back in June
of 2004, Kathleen Kerr reported in Newsday that the living
will is a failure. (Newday June 21, 2004), with a list of
experts saying so, even bioethicists. And there's more
than enough reporting that indicates that hospital staff
do not inquire as to the provisions of a living will, but
regard it as a blanket "Do Not Treat" request. See
Gordon Watt's article http://hometown.aol.com/gww1210/
LivingWillsAndPVS.html
The search for the "right" document is not the approach to
take. We need to work for disallowing any dehydration/
starvation procedures -- be they "requested" or not.