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What are Living Wills?
A living will is a legal document expressing the wishes of that person on how they wish to live their end of life if they are not able to make decisions or communicate at the time, due to illness, injury or old age. Through medical advances life can be sustained artificially, prolonging life over and above what would have naturally occurred. They are sometimes called advance directive, health care directive or physician’s directive depending on the content of the living will.
What’s the point of have a Living …