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- SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION- LIVING WON'T
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- A number of states in an effort to promote fairness have created
- an opposite to the living will, which for lack of a better word
- we call a "Living Won't." States that specifically allow for
- "living wont's" are mentioned in their individual summaries.
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- A "living won't" provides, that when a person is unable to make
- decisions for himself regarding his medical treatment that their
- previous document either requires or authorizes the provider of
- medical services to CONTINUE life support, even after a terminal
- diagnosis and even if the result is a meaningless existence. It
- is quite probable that such a document would be recognized even
- in states that do not have specific provisions. It might be
- said that a "living won't" provides for the regular course of
- medical care to continue, but, it may have the effect of
- requiring care far beyond where the same would do any good. More
- flexibility is provided by the decision to do nothing.