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Originally Posted by DianeM
I have no directives. They can do with me what they wish.
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If you have no living relatives, no children, no brothers and sisters, they will decide to continue care. IF you elect to tell them no heroic measures, no advance life support systems, NO DNR, then YOU get to place what is referred to as "advance directives", and regardless of what anyone else related to you might think, YOU get to decide how YOU want things done...even if unable to convey at the time. Legal and binding. I once had a patient that had NO advance directives in place, but her son, a lawyer stated HE wanted a DNR order placed on his mom....bottom line is "dead people can not sue you". Just FYI when you think you might be leaving it up to the medical community, it may not work out. I have seen grown children at TOTAL blows over what to do with "mom or dad" and without Advance Directives from the patient themselves, it turns into a HUGE ****ing contest that can leave YOU, the patient in "limbo" status for a long, long time.