In addition to a health care advance directive, one way to create evidence regarding your health treatment wishes and end-of0life wishes is to complete a health values questionnaire. One of the issues in Cruzan and Schiavo was the absence of adequate evidence demonstrating what the patient would want if she could speak for herself. Wouldn’t it be nice if Cruzan and Schiavo had completed a form similar to the following:

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David McGuffey
Tags: End-of-Life

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