There’s a great discussion going on at the New York Times’ health blog about last wishes and living wills.
We may know what our loved ones last wishes are, but when emotions come into play those wishes can be less clear:
In the case of my grandfather, he was very clear that he believed every possible effort should be made to save any life, and he supported the use of advanced life-support techniques to keep him alive. However, he also instructed his family to stop advanced life support in the event of a terminal prognosis.
What had once seemed clear was now murky. …read more