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- /* Oregon Living Will */
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- DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS AS PROVIDED BY OREGON R.S. 97.055
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- DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
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- Directive made this _________________ day of ___________. I
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- @001, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known
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- my desire that my life shall not be artificially prolonged under
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- the circumstances set forth below and do hereby declare:
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- 1. If at any time I should have an incurable injury, disease,
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- or illness certified to be a terminal condition by two
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- physicians, and where the application of life-sustaining
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- procedures would serve only to artifically prolong the moment
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- of my death and where my physician determines that my death
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- is imminent whether or not life-sustaining procedures are
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- utilized, I direct that such procedures be withheld or
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- withdrawn, and that I be permitted to die naturally.
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- 2. In the absence of my ability to give directions regarding
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- the use of such life-sustaining procedures, it is my intention
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- that this directive shall be honored by my family and
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- physician(s) as the final expression of my legal right to refuse
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- medical or surgical treatment and accept the consequences from
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- such refusal.
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- 3. I have been diagnosed and notified at least 14 days ago as
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- having a terminal condition by @002, M.D., whose address is @003.
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- I understand that if I have not filed in the physicians name and
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- address, it shall be presumed that I did not have a terminal
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- condition when I made out this directive.
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- 4. This directive shall have no force and effect five years
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- from the date filled in above.
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- 5. I understand the full import of this directive and I am
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- emotionally and mentally competent to make this directive.
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- Signed _________________________________________________
- @001
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- City of residence: @004
- County of residence: @005
- State of residence: @006
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- I hereby witness this directive and attest that:
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- (1) I personally know the Declarant and believe the
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- declarant to be of sound mind.
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- (2) To the best of my knowledge, at the time of the
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- execution of this directive, I:
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- (a) Am not related to the Declarant by blood or marriage,
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- (b) Do not have any claim on the estate of the Declarant,
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- (c) Am not entitled to any portion of the Declarant's
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- estate by any will or by operation of law, and
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- (d) Am not a physician attending the Declarant or a
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- person employed by a physician attending the
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- Declarant.
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- (3) I understand that if I have not witnessed this
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- directive in good faith I may be responsible for
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- any damages that arise out of giving this directive
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- its intended effect.
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- Witness:
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- ________________________________________________________________
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- Witness:
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