ldyb2 wrote:
I do not think health proxies or advance directives were around years ago.



Doctors talked with family members and they were going make decisions when the person could not.




ICU's were very strict about the family member only rule.
My wife and I have had medical powers of attorney and advance directives since the late 1990s.

It is crazy in this day and age not to have both of these documents drawn up.


The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. - Paula Poundstone