Understanding Life Sustaining Measures

You have decided to follow your physician’s advice and complete your Health Care Directive thus providing a clear understanding of your wishes as they relate to life sustaining measures. You understand the significance of having a Health Care Directive, but as you research the process you are confronted with a lack of understanding regarding what life sustaining measures encompass. You are confronted with myriad medical jargon. What are life sustaining measures? Life sustaining measures (also commonly referred to as life support) can be defined as, “Any […]

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