The Final Stages of Your Life: Why Having an Advanced Directive is Important
A way to control how a person ends their life is to have an advanced directive. A directive focuses on one's values, quality of life and beliefs about end of life situations. This legal document allows individuals to specify what health care actions happen when they can no longer speak for themselves.
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