End of Life Documents

Though a Living Will, a POLST (Physician's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment), a MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) or similar document may be popular, they can be dangerous. Consider instead, a "Loving Will," such as one promoted by the American Life League.

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Euthanasia

eu·tha·na·sia noun

: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
(from the Merriam Webster Dictionary)

Brain Death

Is "brain death" truly death? Learn why the term "brain death" came to replace "irreversible coma." In the 1980s most states in the US adopted a law - The Uniform Determination of Death Act - which states that death can be declared if someone has experienced "irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain." On occasion, some parts of the brain can continue to function in so-called "brain dead" persons. Other times, what was considered "irreversible" has been reversed and the person considered "dead" by such criteria has gone on to live for months or years.

Read "Brain Dead" survivor stories
Learn more:
"Brain Death" is not Death
Evolution of the Criteria of "Brain Death"
Celebrate Life Magazine
Truth About Organ Donation
Respect for Human Life

Circulatory Death, the new Brain Death

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