Are Americans Afraid to Talk About Dying?
We don’t have to understand every kind of medical procedure. We do have to come to terms with what is most important for us. “We do not ask patients whether they want this or that treatment,” Goldstein says. “We ask, ‘What is important to you in terms of your health care? What are your goals in life?’ So when we do that, we can say, ‘Well, in terms of what you said, these are the treatments that are appropriate. These treatments are what meet your goals.'” There are two different legal documents that improve our odds of getting the end-of-life care we want. One is a living will.living will. A living will spells out what kinds of extraordinary medical treatments we’d like used to keep us alive, in the event we become terminally ill or permanently unconscious. While living wills are legal documents, you don’t need a lawyer to get one. They are available free on the Internet. After explaining your wishes, you just need two witnesses to sign it. “A living will gives patients an opportunity
