yolland
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My apologies if this info has already been posted. As far as I can tell, it hasn't, and since recent events have caused many around here to ponder this topic for the first time, I wanted to post a couple resources.
http://www.caringinfo.org
Downloadable living will forms for all 50 states, as well as extensive info on the legal processes and considerations involved.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16281_1.html
Ditto the above (though less comprehensive)--but what makes this site unique is that it provides links to statements and directives from various Protestant, Catholic, and other religious denominations regarding living wills and related decisions. Catholic hospitals are NOT obligated to honor living wills if their directives go against Church teaching, so it pays to know what Church teaching is, even if you're not Catholic!
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/88-1503.ZS.html
A brief summary of Cruzan v. Director (1990), the Supreme Court case which established both an individual's constitutional right to refuse life support in advance (including feeding tubes), and the rights of individual states to set their own standards for what constitutes evidence of refusal.
Please feel free to add your own links, or to comment on living wills generally. (Just keep any Schiavo references to a minimum, please--I'd rather not see this thread merged into that one...)
http://www.caringinfo.org
Downloadable living will forms for all 50 states, as well as extensive info on the legal processes and considerations involved.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16281_1.html
Ditto the above (though less comprehensive)--but what makes this site unique is that it provides links to statements and directives from various Protestant, Catholic, and other religious denominations regarding living wills and related decisions. Catholic hospitals are NOT obligated to honor living wills if their directives go against Church teaching, so it pays to know what Church teaching is, even if you're not Catholic!
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/88-1503.ZS.html
A brief summary of Cruzan v. Director (1990), the Supreme Court case which established both an individual's constitutional right to refuse life support in advance (including feeding tubes), and the rights of individual states to set their own standards for what constitutes evidence of refusal.
Please feel free to add your own links, or to comment on living wills generally. (Just keep any Schiavo references to a minimum, please--I'd rather not see this thread merged into that one...)