Living wills will have to specify treatments that patient is refusing

Is a vaccine one of the factors that will contribute to the end of the Pandemic?

The covid-19 pandemic began in China in November 2019 and spread globally by March 2020.[2] In India Vaccine research, trials, and production were ramped up gradually. The Covishield vaccine trial was completed by December 2020 and the mass vaccination program started in January 2021. The mortality was far more in western and European countries (despite better health infrastructure) than in Asi...

Patient, physician, and family member understanding of living wills.

This study examines understanding of living wills by patients, family members, and physicians. Questionnaires were used to examine whether each cohort understood patients' living wills regarding endotracheal intubation and cardiopulmonary rescuscitation (CPR). Of 4,800 patients admitted during the study period, 206 reported having living wills, all of which precluded intubation and CPR for "ter...

Do pregnant women have (living) will?

Living wills and religious communities.

Commentary: Contested Wills and Will Contests.

When disinherited heirs challenge a will drafted by a person suspected of having dementia, a legal battle may ensue. The "lucid interval," a brief return to competence from a state of dementia, has been invoked in years past to establish the validity of contested wills. Shulman et al., having reviewed the medical and legal literature, make a convincing argument that no such period of competence...