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A living will is a legal document that allows you to make your medical treatment
desires known to your family and health care providers if you are unable to
communicate and you are in one of two conditions:
- a terminal condition for which medical treatment would only artificially
prolong the dying process
- a persistent vegetative state from which there is no reasonable expectation
that you will ever regain consciousness
Your living will provides written guidance concerning withholding or continuing
hydration, nutrition, pain-killing drugs, and medical procedures. By expressing
your desires you remove the doubt that some families have concerning your medical
care at the end of life. | 
