What if my doctor or heafth care provder refuses to follow the directions in my Iiving will?
Your doctor and any other health care provider must tell you if they cannot in good conscience follow your wishes or if the policies of the institution prevent them from honoring your wishes. This is one reason why you should give a copy of your living will to your doctor or to those in charge of your medical care and treatment. If you are incompetent when you are admitted for medical care and have named someone in your living will to make decisions for you, that person must be told if the wishes contained in your living will cannot be honored. If you have not named anyone in your living will, your family, guardian or other representative must be informed that your living will cannot be honored. The doctor or other health care provider who cannot honor your wishes must then help transfer you to another health care provider willing to carry out your directions–if they are the kind of directions which the law recognizes as valid.
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