What is necessary to make the Advance Directive effective?
Why should you read this NOW? 1. By reading this website (instead of People magazine) you have made an important decision. You are finally ready to think about some hard choices. Why have you decided that today is the day to think about what’s going to happen just before the end of your life? Because if you’re reading this you can still think and you know that life is short. [back to top] If YOU don’t want to think about it, who does? 2. Would your family, close friends, or health care providers, know what kind of care you would like to receive, if due to an accident (ever notice that accidents are never planned?) or life-threatening illness (who has a pencil and paper when a massive heart attack strikes?) you were unable to make health care decisions for yourself and communicate them to (you hope!) an interested bystander? [back to top] And, what’s the chance that all those people who can’t agree on where to have Thanksgiving dinner will agree on what to do with you? 3. So, why would
