What to say when someone is taken off life support

When Should You Remove Life Support?

The primary question to be answered when setting up a Living Will (a.k.a. the Advance Directive, End of Life Directive) is whether and how long do you want to remain on life support? 

Your two options are to have life support continued indefinitely, to have life support removed immediately, or to have life support removed after a period of time. 

The purpose of this blog is to explore the most common reasons and thoughts for each. 

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Continue Life Support Indefinitely

While it might seem counterintuitive, the least common choice, in my experience, is for clients to want continue life support indefinitely.  Yes, we do occasionally have clients who choose this option, but they are few and far between.  The most common reason for choosing this option is giving a person as much opportunity as possible to recover.  Conversely, the most common reason for not choosing this option is the futility of continuing life support indefinitely.  In particular, most

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