Who Decides Your Life and Death Decisions? (You, if you have taken time to do the paperwork...)

The Benefit Network Helps Family Members Make Medical Decisions for Incapacitated Member with Free Advance Directive Form

Barrington, Illinois - November 15, 2003
The Benefit Network provides a free "Advance Directive" to allow you to take control of your health decisions if you are incapacitated. This week many local communities will be discussing who decides?" regarding life and death decisions of an incapacitated family member. This topic has gained notoriety recently when a Florida familys disagreement around end-of-life issues was further complicated by legislative intervention. How do we respond to persons in a permanent vegetative state? An illustration of how this can affect you is available on this months special edition of The Benefit Network report. The edition is available by subscription only from the home page of http://www.thebenefitnetwork.com. (Privacy policies prohibit the resale of your e-mail address and each edition contains an opt-out link.) The report is suitable for easy forwarding to friends and contains a link to obtain a free "advance directive" from the website http://www.thebenefitnetwork.com/ or send a blank e-mail to advancedirectives@thebenefitnetwork.com