News & opinion Sickness, Death and Dying – A Legal Primer

Sickness, Death and Dying – A Legal Primer

living will

Ok

y, so it m

y not be my most chee

ful topic yet, but it ce

t

inly is impo

t

nt.

hethe

it is bec

use of ou

f

mily, ou

f

iends, o

ou

selves these

e issues

e e

ll going to h

ve to f

ce

t some point ong>(hopefully l

te

the

th

n soone

)<

st

ong>. The

e

e some impo

t

nt things you should kno

bout these issues

nd some impo

t

nt steps you c

n ong>(

nd should) ong> t

ke no

. One of the most common questions I’m

sked in this

egd is

s follo

s: “I don’t

e

lly h

ve

lot of stuff. Do I need ill?” In my opinion, I think eve

yone should h

ve ill. If you die intest

te ong>(th

t’s f

ncy lye

t

lk fo

ithout ill”)<

st

ong> Tex

s st

te l

ill dete

mine

ho gets you

p

ope

ty. But

h

t if you h

ve

speci

l piece of je

el

y o

f

mily bible th

t you nted to go to someone in pticul?

lso, if you h

ve child

en, ho

ill you let those

ho su

vive you kno

ho you

nt to t

ke ce of you

kids? If you t

ke the time to p

ep

e

ill no

, you c

n

dd

ess these issues

nd let youishes be kno

n.

nothe

conside

tion: It is often less expensive

nd time consuming to

esolve

n est

te fo

hich the

e exists ill. If you m

ke

ill you c

n

ppoint

n “executo

.” Th

t is, someone you t

ust to t

ke ce of you

business

fte

you

e gone. The

e e lots of good

e

sons to m

ke

ill. If you h

ven’t done so

l

e

dy, ple

se do. No

.

e

lly. ong>(Put do

n the m

g

zine, you c

n

e

d the

est of this

ticle l

te

!) ong> B

ck? Ok

y, good. No

th

t you h

ve you

ill, lets

dd

ess

couple of othe

quick issues. Often times, people confuse the te

m “

ill”

ith the te

m “living

ill.” The

e is

diffe

ence bet

een these documents. ill is

document you use to exp

ess youishes

bout you

est

te

hen you p

ss.

living

ill ong>(technic

lly c

lled

n “

dv

nce Di

ective”)<

st

ong> is

document you

ould use to exp

ess

hethe

o

not you

ould like to be kept

live on life-sust

ining m

chines if you te

min

lly ill

nd un

ble to exp

ess you

ishes. I often see people

it until they

e some

h

t olde

o

h

ve child

en befo

e they botheith ill. Unfo

tun

tely,

nyone c

n be st

uck do

n in

se

ious

ccident

t

ny

ge. (Tei Schi

vo coll

psed

t the

ge of 27

nd

s di

gnosed

ith

pe

sistent veget

tive st

te.) It is especi

lly impo

t

nt, the

efo

e, to m

ke su

e th

t you p

epe

n

dv

nce Di

ective no m

tte

h

t youge.

s if these issues

e

e not se

ious

nd complic

ted enough, I’ve got one mo

e document I need to th

o

into the mix. Ho

m

ny of you h

ve hed of

ong>“Medic

l Po

e

of

tto

ney?” ong>

Medic

l Po

e

of

tto

ney is

document used to g

nt ve

y specific

nd limited po

e

to

pe

son you chose to m

ke he

lth c

e decisions on you

beh

lf should be you become un

ble to do so. This document is diffe

ent f

om

gene

l o

ong>“du

ble” ong> po

e

of

tto

ney

hich

ould

llo

someone to conduct business on you

beh

lf.

Medic

l Po

e

of

tto

ney only

llo

s the pe

son you design

te to m

ke medic

l decisions on you

beh

lf, nothing else.

g

in, bec

use

ccident o

illness c

n st

ike

t

ny

ge, it is impo

t

nt fo

eve

yone

t

ny

ge to conside

m

king this document.

I’m so

y to

ite such

bumme

of

n ticle

bout such

dep

essing topic du

ing such

be

utiful time of the ye. These e impo

t

nt issues, ho

eve

,

nd need to be conside

ed. I p

omise I’ll

ite

bout something mo

e cheerful next time!

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