Wishes–Your end-of-life treatment preferences: Living Wills, Proxy Directives, and Physician’s Orders
This part of the website includes general and specific wishes; that is, your end-of-life treatment preferences.
Most people will want them to be kept confidential. but I have posted two forms which, in real life, are on opposite sides of the same piece of paper:
One side is the Advance Directive to Permit Natural Dying.
The other side is Physician’s Orders to Permit Natural Dying.
If you would like more information about these forms, contact Caring Advocates. The footnote below explains why.[1]
Stanley A. Terman, PhD, MD
Medical and Executive Director, Caring Advocates
800 64 PEACE (800 647 3223)
[1] Usable versions of the AD-PND and PO-PND forms are available only from Planning Professionals and physicians. That is why both pages have a watermark with the words, “Evaluation Copy.” Completing any Advance Directive requires diligence, however this is especially so with the AD-PND/PO-PND. These forms represent a person’s final orders and determine the choices for the kinds of treatments that have in the recent past been most contentious, prone to prolonged litigation, and affect loved ones deeply. Moreover, the forms are but one part of an integrated strategic program that includes keeping the forms secure so they will not be implemented too early. Since implementation of these forms mean the patient is ready to die, they must be completed and distributed with upmost care. Call the number above for further information, or read the book, Peaceful Transitions: An Ironclad Strategy to Die When and How YOU Want, available at Amazom.com. Further background is offered in the book, The BEST WAY to Say Goodbye: A Legal Peaceful Choice at the End of Life.
