GMU CHHS Health Law & Policy March 4, 2009 Assignment

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As discussed in class last week, please prepare a living will/health care directive for class on March 4, 2009. Note please in your readings and preparation that there generally there is a distinction between a living will that is not necessarily legally binding, and a health care directive or proxy which is legally binding but only in certain specifically defined circumstances. Your assignment is intended to cause you to consider under what, if any, circumstances someone is or is not may or is willing to permit others to make decisions relating to extraordinary care and treatment and what occurs, and when, if one is unable to make or communicate decisions regarding one's health care. See the following in addition to the assigned text materials relating to Virginia and elsewhere including a hot link to a site containing the Schiavo case wherein you should please peruse the materials there that appear to be of interest please :

http://www.norfolk.gov/circuit_court/pdfforms/Living-Wills-in-Virginia.pdf

http://www.vsb.org/sections/hl/add06/2005Form.pdf

http://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-0137-fill.pdf

http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/schiavo/

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2982

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2983

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2984

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2985

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2986

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2987

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2987.1

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2988