Living Will License to Kill
A Living Will (LW) is downright dangerous. It gives an attending physician, very likely someone you do not know, the power to make life and death decisions for you based on their interpretation of the directions in your LW. Real medical crises often involve complicated medical and ethical questions that can’t be foreseen when filling out a LW. Also, the directions you give in a LW, by law, must be followed. Therefore, you may tie the hands of a physician whose skills could restore you to health.
