Living Will
End-of-Life Issues: The Problem with a Living Will and a Better Solution
The problem with a living will, ultimately, is that it allows people who do not understand what you want to accomplish to make decisions to end your life under circumstances you cannot know at this time without any requirement to consult your health care agent. Hospitals and doctors are uniformly protected from liability by state…
Read MoreA Living Will Might End Your Life — Do Living Trust Network and Legal Zoom Know This?
The trend of buying do-it-yourself legal documents online is becoming more widespread, as a means of reducing attorney fees and saving time. As a result, the prevalence of people using do-it-yourself legal documents and not knowing exactly what they have signed up for — or the unintended consequences — also increases. We came across the…
Read MoreA Living Will Can Cause Your Death, So Be Careful When You Sign The Dotted Line
Nine Years Later, Paul G. Smith Lived Died to Regret Signing a Living Will No one knows for sure what Paul G. Smith was thinking when he signed a living will in 2004, but in January 2013 his daughter Susan Rissman knew for sure that her father wanted food and water when he was…
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