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Decisions to Make While
You're Healthy
- Prepare a valid will
- even more important than the disposition of property, the custody
of children is determined by a will. If you don't make these important
decisions, the state will make the decision on your behalf.
- Health Care Decisions
- consult legal counsel and execute a "durable power of attorney
or the legal device in your state that allows you to determine who will
make health care decisions on your behalf if you are no longer capable
of making decisions for yourself.
- Medical care/intervention/heroic
efforts - discuss your wishes with you family and your doctor and
draw up a "living will", advance directive or legal documents
required in your state to identify what sorts of intervention you want
in the event of a medical emergency, what heroic efforts you desire,
if any; and how your medical care should proceed regarding life support,
or the withholding or withdrawal of life prolonging treatment in cases
of a terminal condition.
- Organ Donation -
along with drawing up any legal documents, make sure your doctor and
your family know your wishes regarding organ donations.
- Funeral/Burial/Ceremonies/Memorials
- Making decisions regarding funeral arrangements including cremation
and/or burial wishes, will relieve the grief-stricken family of having
to make such decisions in a highly emotional state. Knowing the wishes
of the deceased regarding flowers, memorials, services, music, and other
details is a great comfort to the living.
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