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	CBC News Indepth: Wills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Living wills enable people to make their own decisions, and ensure that others are aware of these decisions.
		The phrase "living will" is not a legal term in Canada.
		Living wills are used during life and may be modified by the declarant whenever circumstances change.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/wills (1620 words)

	Living Will
		A Living will is a document that gives a trusted friend or relative the authority to refuse extraordinary medical care to prolong your life.
		Living Will indicates that it is a Will but is more similar to a Power of Attorney than a Will.
		Your Living Will generally becomes operative when it is given to your physician and you are incapable of making health care decisions for yourself.
	www.ewillsandtrusts.com /overview_living_will.htm (410 words)

	Bankrate's Financial Literacy Guide: Prepare a living will before disaster strikes
		Not only will you assure yourself that your health care wishes will be followed, you will take some of the burden off family members who might be left to make those health care decisions for you.
		A living will is a legal document in which you direct your physician regarding the withdrawal of life support if you become ill and have a terminal condition, are in an irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state.
		In a living will, you can specify exactly what your doctor is to do if you, in his or her opinion, cannot recover from your illness or accident and are no longer capable of making your own decisions.
	www.bankrate.com /cnn/news/financial-literacy2004/living-will1.asp (1146 words)

	Living Will Form ~ Living Will ~ Advance Directive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A living will form (also known as an advance directive form), is a legal document that goes into effect while you are still alive.
		A living will form usually becomes effective when your condition is hopeless and you have no reasonable chance of recovery to a life you consider meaningful.
		We have living will forms that can be downloaded to your computer and living will form kits and living will form handbooks that are shipped by standard mail.
	www.legalformsbank.biz /livingwill.asp (297 words)

	Living Wills - Living Will Forms and Documents - State Specific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Living Will is a document that allows a person to explain in writing which medical treatment he or she does or does not want during a terminal illness.
		Living Wills are needed because advances in medicine allow doctors to prolong and sustain life although the person will not recover from a persistent vegetative state.
		The Living Will allows you to make the decision of whether life-prolonging medical or surgical procedures are to be continued, withheld, or withdrawn, as well as when artificial feeding and fluids are to be used or withheld.
	www.uslegalforms.com /livingwills (594 words)

	Living Will Information on Healthline
		A living will is a legal document in which patients instruct health-care providers about their wishes with respect to medical procedures should they become incapacitated.
		Living wills have become customary in many parts of the country and are broadly respected by health care providers.
		The living will may be drafted on standardized forms, with or without the assistance of an attorney.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/living-will (728 words)

	Living Wills and Idaho’s Natural Death Act
		A Living Will directs your family and medical staff on whether to continue, withhold, or withdraw life-sustaining systems, such as tube feeding for hydration (water) and nutrition (food), if you are incapable of expressing this yourself due to an incurable and terminal condition or persistent vegetative state.
		Your Living Will takes effect when two medical doctors certify that you have a terminal and incurable illness or you are permanently unconscious or in a persistent vegetative state.
		So long as the living will was in compliance with the existing law at the time it was executed or if it substantially conforms to the new law then it is valid.
	www2.state.id.us /ag/living_wills/index.htm (1602 words)

	Living Will (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Living Will orders a doctor to use or not to use extreme life-saving measures, such as life-support, if you are in an irrecoverable coma or in a "persistent vegetative state." A Living Will is sometimes mistakenly called a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) because most people use this document to stop extreme life-saving measures.
		After signing the Living Will in front of a notary and two witnesses, she makes multiple copies and leaves them with her doctor, her human resources manager, friends and family members that are likely to enact her wishes, and she leaves one copy in her briefcase and one in her car.
		Regardless of the treatment you receive under a Living Will, you (and/or your health insurance company under the terms of their contract with you) are still primarily responsible for the payment of medical bills.
	www.livingtrustlawfirm.com /living_will.htm (613 words)

	Living will, advanced directive, power of attorney. Erie, Pennsylvania
		Understanding Your Living Will is state of the art and includes patient safety information that is in dire need for the 60 million living wills in existence and the future millions that will be constructed.
		An Advanced Directive, also known as a living will, is a legal document that allows you to retain your medical decision-making capacity.
		In most situations, a Living Will comes into effect if you are suffering from a near terminal illness or some condition in which you are no longer able to make your own requests as to what you would want to happen to you.
	www.livingwillconsultants.com /index.html (647 words)

	Living Will Solutions
		In simplest terms, a living will (sometimes called a healthcare or advance directive) is a legal document that defines difficult medical decisions for you in case you are unable to make them yourself.
		More specifically, a good living will defines the types of circumstances when it is to be effective and treatment or support that you do not wish to receive under such circumstances.
		There are registries that will accept a living will and then make it available to medical providers if the provider has paid a fee to participate in the registry.
	www.livingwillsolutions.com /about.asp (682 words)

	What is a "Living Will"
		A living will is a legal document declaring your wish to die a natural death.
		Therefore, a living will is a form of communication with your doctor which states clearly in advance how you want to be treated when you become terminally and irreversibly ill.
		The Living Will only becomes operative if two physicians, including your attending physician, have determined that death will occur within a relatively short period of time, and you are unconscious or otherwise unable to express your wishes for further treatment.
	www.columbiamedicalsociety.org /livingwill.htm (526 words)

	Living Will
		Many states have passed living will laws, so be sure that your requests conform with your state law.
		Update your Living Will as your desires change and especially if there are changes to the lives or domiciles of your Health Care Agent(s) or witnesses.
		Notarization of a Living Will is required for residents of Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
	www.rossbishop.com /LivingWill.htm (2562 words)

	Family & Consumer Sciences - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A living will is a declaration that you desire to die a natural death.
		However, the old living will does not mention being in a persistent vegetative state or the withholding or withdrawal of feeding tubes.
		Before signing a living will from another state, ask an attorney if there is any reason why you should not sign a living will from that state.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/fcs/frm/pubs/fcs364.php (1743 words)

	US Living Will Registry: Advance Directive Forms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This will help focus your thoughts on what decisions you need to make now so that your choices will be followed when the need arises.
		After you have prepared your advance directive, consider registering it with the U.S. Living Will Registry so that your choices will be available to health care providers and your family wherever and whenever needed.
		The U.S. Living Will Registry does not provide legal advice or legal services, and the Registry does not represent that the forms provided by these sites are legally valid.
	www.uslivingwillregistry.com /forms.shtm (691 words)

	Legal Will and Trust Forms.
		With a living will and durable power of attorney, you can prepare now should you be incapacitated later.
		Without a living will, it's quite possible the state, and not the dying person's family, will decide whether life support systems will be used or not.
		A living will has nothing to do with your property or children but only your election concerning life-prolonging procedures in the event of your permanent illness or unconsciousness where death is imminent.
	www.myshoppingonline.com /my/livingwill.htm (469 words)

	Florida Living Will Forms and Documents
		A living will is a document that allows you to specify what should be done about life-sustaining procedures if, in the future, your death from a terminal condition is imminent despite the application of life-sustaining procedures or you are in a persistent vegetative state.
		A living will is not valid in all States and the correct form for your state should be used.
		The purpose of a living will is to allow you to make decisions about life support and directs others to implement your desires in that regard.
	www.uslegalforms.com /livingwills/florida-living-will-forms.htm (1024 words)

	Kentucky: Office of the Attorney General - Living Wills
		A Living Will gives you a voice in decisions about your medical care when you are unconscious or too ill to communicate.
		The Kentucky Living Will Directive Act of 1994 was passed to ensure that citizens have the right to make decisions regarding their own medical care, including the right to accept or refuse treatment.
		The effectiveness of a Living Will is suspended during pregnancy.
	ag.ky.gov /livingwill (836 words)

	Living Wills
		A living will is a declaration to your physician, medical provider and family stating your preferences for life-prolonging procedures in the event of permanent illness or unconsciousness where your death is imminent.
		Our living wills are not generic type documents offered by most internet services which may or may not be legal in your state.
		Before you purchase a living will from us or anybody else, we suggest you talk to your doctor to determine what type of treatment you do or do not want if you have a terminal condition.
	www.willsforamerica.com /LivingWills.htm (676 words)

	Living wills and other tools to convey medical wishes - MayoClinic.com
		Living wills are just one part of advance directives — tools that can help you avoid just that kind of situation.
		Your family and medical professionals will turn to these directives if you lose the capacity to make your own health care decisions or you sustain an injury that renders you unable to express your wishes.
		In some states the living will may be known by a different name, such as health care declaration or health care directive.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/living-wills/HA00014 (1986 words)

	Clarkhoward.com: Hot Topics Clark's Greatest Hits
		A living will may also be called a healthcare directive, advance directive or directive to physicians.
		The exact form for creating a Living Will varies from state to state, and while it's likely that a Living Will executed in one state would be honored in another, most experts recommend that you execute a new Living Will if you move permanently from one state to another.
		Your attorney-in-fact will have broad authority and it is critical that the person that you chose to serve in this capacity be completely trustworthy and sensitive to your wishes.
	clarkhoward.com /topics/living_will.html (725 words)

	Living Will, living will forms - LegalWillsOnline.biz
		In a Living Will you may specify how you wish to be treated in case you are unable to make your wishes known.
		A living will allows you to have control over your future health care.
		Here you can purchase for only $29.95 a Lifetime Membership to all of the forms you will ever need to create your Living Will, and other important forms that will affect yours and your family's future if you're not able to communicate with them or your doctors.
	www.legalwillsonline.biz (271 words)

	Jargon free Living Will Samples. Download our Living Will Samples.
		I hereby direct that my said father shall be entitled by his last will ant testament, duly probated, to appoint a successor Executor of my estate, as well as a successor Trustee or successor Trustees of all the trusts to be created under my last will and testament.
		None of the appointees named hereunder,including any appointment made by virtue of the last will and testament of my said father, shall be required to furnish any bond or security for performance of the respective fiduciary duties required hereunder, notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary.
		The overwhelming advantage of our Living Will creation service is that you decide how much or how little time and thought you want to put into the project.
	www.makeyourwill.com /free_living_will_samples.htm?acaabAn000AAF (1692 words)

	Living Will
		A living will is a written document instructing your physician of your wishes for the withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition.
		A living will does not have to be executed on any standard form and may include any specific instructions you choose.
		Finally, discuss your living will with your doctor and provide him or her with a copy; it cannot become operative unless he or she is aware of its existence.
	www.lifespan.org /services/ethics/lvgwill (420 words)

	Living Will - How to create a living trust form
		As competent adults, we have the right to make decisions in advance as to whether or not we would like to decline life support when it is clear that death is imminent or a state of coma becomes permanent.
		A living will is a document which lets you decide whether or not to be kept on artificial life support.
		Our Living Will is not a general form, but a comprehensive document specifically tailored to your needs and wishes.
	www.legalzoom.com /legalzip/living_wills/lw_procedure.asp?iRefer=275 (393 words)

	How To Write a Living Will
		A Living Will gives you some say in the way you will be treated before you die, in a situation where death is otherwise inevitable.
		In addition, your Living Will or "healthcare directive" can express your views on the health care that you wish to receive if you were ever in a permanent coma.
		In other words, they are an independent person who will determine that all parties signed of their own free will, and that they are all who they say they are.
	www.partingwishes.com /how_to_write_a_living_will.asp (3299 words)

	Living Wills
		A Living Will sets out medical treatments you choose to have, as well as the procedures or treatments you do not want to have in some or all circumstances.
		A Last Will and Testament is instructions to your personal representative and the probate court, only to be used after your death.
		A Living Will is different from a Health Care Power of Attorney in that the Living Will does not appoint another person to speak for you.
	www.michigan.gov /ltc/0,1607,7-148-7484_7503-14943--,00.html (190 words)

	The Living Will (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although some people know now that they will never want a certain kind of treatment, under any circumstances, this attitude is rare, since many medical conditions are reversible and most would agree that even an unpleasant treatment could be tolerated for a short time.
		He or she will also tell you if there are aspects of your requests that he or she cannot honor because of personal, moral, or professional constraints.
		Therefore, it will be essential that you discuss your wishes with all persons whom you name as your agent.
	wings.buffalo.edu /faculty/research/bioethics/lwill.html (2836 words)

	Do Your Own Will \| Free Living Wills
		A living will, or advance directive, is not a part of your will.
		Once completed, discuss your wishes as reflected in your living will with family members, and be sure they have a signed copy.
		This will and all other forms provided through this service is meant to provide a guideline for common and standard situations.
	www.doyourownwill.com /flw.asp (490 words)

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