living will

noun

a document instructing physicians, relatives, or others to refrain from the use of extraordinary measures, as life-support equipment, to prolong one's life in the event of a terminal illness.

living will

noun

a document stating that if its author becomes terminally ill, his or her life should not be prolonged by artificial means, such as a life-support machine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of living will¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Your advance care directive or living will is the document where you articulate your wishes for the care you do and don’t want at the end of your life.

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In 2018, India's Supreme Court allowed people to draw up living wills and thereby choose passive euthanasia, where medical treatment can be withdrawn under strict guidelines to hasten a person's death.

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There's an entire "wellness" industry, which Kennedy is deeply plugged into, that sells the idea that "clean" food and healthy living will prevents every kind of ailment.

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“Now that they will be in the forest their way of living will be different,” he said.

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With seven months until the election, it is hard to foresee which way this swing county and its swing state will go, and how the cost of living will factor into votes.

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