A living will is a document which allows you to retain control over
whether your life will be prolonged by certain medical procedures if you
are diagnosed as being terminal and incurable or in a persistent
vegetative state (i.e., a sustained complete loss of self-awareness). It
is a simple declaration of the desire for a natural death. A living
will allows you to authorize the withholding of extraordinary means of
medical treatment (for example, respirator care) and, at your option,
also may authorize the withholding or discontinuance of artificial
nutrition or hydration. You may make different choices as to the level
of care to be withheld or discontinued depending upon whether your
medical condition is terminal and incurable or you are in a persistent
vegetative state.
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