HOW TO AVOID BECOMING THE NEXT TERRI SCHIAVO By Marlaine C. Teahan, Attorney and Counselor at Law Could you end up like Terri Schiavo?
This question is being asked in bedrooms, boardrooms, and barrooms all across America. You can keep “your” family from fighting over this issue in a courtroom by having a well-drafted Medical Durable Power of Attorney. Under Michigan law, a patient can designate a patient advocate to act on their behalf when the patient is unable to participate in medical treatment decisions. The document used to designate a patient advocate is typically called a “patient advocate designation,” “medical durable power of attorney,” or a “durable power of attorney for health care.” A patient advocate designation may include a statement of the patient’s desires on their care and custody, and on medical or mental health treatment, or both. Put wishes in writing With some exceptions, your patient advocate can do whatever you could do with regard to your own health care; however, a patient advocate may only make end-of-life decisions to withdraw or withhold life support if your patient advocate designation i
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