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| Main Entry: | living will |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See advance directive |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
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| a document instructing physicians, relatives, or others to refrain from the use of extraordinary measures, as life-support equipment, to prolong one's life in the event of a terminal illness. |
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
| living will
n. A will in which the signer requests not to be kept alive by medical life-support systems in the event of a terminal illness. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| living will | |
noun | |
| a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness; "after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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- A will in which the signer requests not to be kept alive by medical life-support systems in the event of a terminal illness.
| The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
Main Entry: living will
Function: noun
: a document in which the signer requests to be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by artificial means in the event of
becoming disabled beyond a reasonable expectation of recovery —see ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Living Will
A legal document that sets out the medical care an individual, or the principal, wants or does not want in the event that they become incapable of doing it
themselves.
Investopedia Commentary
A living will is used by people whose wishes will be met should they reach a point when they are no longer able to make the decisions
for themselves. For example, if a person obtained life-threatening injuries, or was incapacitated as a result of some terminal illness, the decisions about their health care will be theirs as long as
they have a living will. Without one the decision becomes the responsibility of spouses, family members or other third parties.
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See also: Power of Attorney, Principal, Will
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