Philosophy 211 Living Wills

Philosophy 211 Living Wills

WHAT TERRI WOULD HAVE WANTED

Peter Wenz is clearly troubled that “living wills” might not accurately reflect what a patient in extremis might want. However, he also reports suspicions about the relevance and appropriateness of accessing a patient’s wishes through remembered conversations from better times. Why the rumpus about “What Terri would have wanted”?

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The rumpus about “What Terri would have wanted” is all based on a living will. Patients in extremis, are allowed by the law to have some form of a living will where their interests can be expressed. The living will acts as a guide to the people taking care of the patient. This will has been often ignored and is not common to many. As Wenz puts it, people usually have any other kind of will but not the living will. Why Terry would want a living will is a question of how prepared Terry plans to be just in case she falls ill. No one plans to get ill, yet very few have plans of what should be done when that time comes. During illness, it…

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