What is the importance of a Living Will?
A Living Will gives you the choice, in advance, to decide whether your life be artificially prolonged by extraordinary measures when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery from extreme physical or mental disability. In a Living Will, you can make a declaration of a desire for a natural death or you can choose to prolong life as long as possible. A Living Will provides instruction for your friends and loved ones if you are completely disabled and unable to make a decision regarding your life. A Living Will not only allows you to make the decision concerning treatment to prolong your life, it relieves your family from having to make an extremely difficult decision for you.
