The Post Debate: Fears That Living Wills Will 'Pressure' Elderly ; Few Issues Have Caused As Much Soul-Searching in the House of Commons Than This Week's Discussion About Living Wills. Political Editor Jonathan Walker Reports

Birmingham Post › December 17, 2004

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Advance directives, commonly known as living wills, are documents that spell out how an individual wants to be cared for if they become seriously ill and are no longer able to be make their own decisions.

They enable people to state in advance that they do not want to receive certain types of treatment of they are incapacitated.

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The Post Debate: Fears That Living Wills Will 'Pressure' Elderly ; Few Issues Have Caused As Much Soul-Searching in the House of Commons Than This Week's Discussion About Living Wills. Political Editor Jonathan Walker Reports

This can include instructing doctors not to resuscitate them. Most controversially, it can also include re...

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