Planning Your Legal End-of-Life Instructions
You have an estate plan and included in it is your Advance Health Care Directive with instructions for resuscitation. While your wishes in your Advance Health Care Directive may be appropriately documented, that does not guarantee the instructions will be carried out as you stated. The frightening truth is that mistakes about your end-of-life instructions are made while you are at your most vulnerable. Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, medical director of advance-care planning and end-of-life education for Huntsville Hospital Health System in Alabama has said, “Unfortunately, misunderstandings involving documents meant to guide end-of-life decision-making are surprisingly common.” The underlying problem is that ... Read More
