Comments on: US Living Will Registry

US Living Will Registry

crunchland — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:55:56 -0800

The US Living Will Registry electronically stores advance directives, and makes them available to health care providers 24 hours/day via secure internet or telephone facsimile... a free service, by the way. Be sure to check out the state-by-state list of Advance Directive Forms. See also, the American Bar Associations information for advanced medical directives.

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:10:37 -0800

Thank you; this is a good time to help people understand the importance of a legal living will.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:11:58 -0800

thanks crunch--it can't be said often enough--we all need this.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:15:34 -0800

God crunchland, it's only a cough. Give me a break.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:26:41 -0800

I want to be made into jerky and fed to hungry cetaceans.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 04:34:59 -0800

I will be using this. (no pun intended) Thanks. A great resource. Hi trout!! A hungry what?? :-)

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:51:09 -0800

Now that would be a fun database to hack...

By: Sangre Azul

Sangre Azul — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:02:37 -0800

Though additional forms are mentioned on the site, it's worth pointing out that a living will is (at least in FL) not the same as a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate Order) - typically, you (or your legal rep) and the physician need to sign it. Generally, this isn't considered until a person is terminally ill/comatose because normally, you'd want to be revived after something like a heart attack. Nor is it the same as assigning durable power of attorney, which gives your healthcare surrogate more abilities.

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:32:02 -0800

Killed Firefox.

By: Serena

Serena — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:41:27 -0800

Thanks - this is very useful!

By: drunk7daysaweek

drunk7daysaweek — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:44:16 -0800

another way for big brother to keep track of us

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:39:19 -0800

Thanks for posting this. I did a search earlier but came up with a lot of pay sites. I've made it clear to everyone that I want the plug pulled, but it's nice to have assurances of that.