A LIVING WILL A directive to withhold treatment and for the administration of pain-killing drugs To my family, my relatives, my physicians, my employers, and all others whom it may concern: I, (name), of (address), City of (city), County of (county), State of (state), being of sound mind, willfully, and voluntarily make known my desire that my life shall not be prolonged artificially under the circumstances set forth below, do hereby declare: 1. If, at any time, I should have an incurable injury, disease, illness, or condition certified to be terminal by two medical doctors who have examined me, and where the application of life-sustaining procedures of any kind would serve only to prolong artificially the moment of my death, and where a medical doctor determines that my death is imminent, whether or not life- sustaining procedures are utilized, I direct that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn and that I be permitted to die naturally, and that I receive whatever quantity of whatever drugs may be required to keep me free of pain or distress even if the moment of death is hastened. 2. In the absence of my ability to give directions regarding the use of life- sustaining procedures, I hereby appoint (name) of (address), City of (city), County of (county), State of (state), as my attorney-in-fact/proxy for the purpose of making decisions relating to my health care in my place; and it is my intention that this appointment shall be honored by him/her, by my family, relatives, friends, physicians, and lawyer as the final expression of my legal right to refuse medical or surgical treatment; and I willfully accept the consequences of such a decision. I have duly executed a Durable Power of Attorney for health care on this date. ************************************************************************** Under California law, for such an appointment to be as fully effective as the law will permit, it must be in the form included under the title "DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS." Persons living in other states and executing this "Living Will" also might wish to execute that same Durable Power of Attorney form, since it might be honored by the courts of any particular state. ************************************************************************** 3. In the absence of my ability to give further directions regarding my treatment, including life-sustaining procedures, it is my willful intention that this directive shall be honored by my family and physicians as the final expression of my legal right to refuse or accept medical or surgical treatment, and I fully and willfully accept the consequences of such refusal. 4. If I have been diagnosed as pregnant and that diagnosis is known to any interested person, this directive shall have no force during the course of my pregnancy. ************************************************************************** Males should strike out this paragraph entirely. ************************************************************************** 5. I have been diagnosed, and notified at least 14 days ago, as being in a terminal condition by (physician's name), M.D., of (address), City of (city), State of (state). It is my intention that if I have not filled in the physician's name and address, it shall be presumed that I did not have a terminal condition when I completed this directive. ************************************************************************** If you are not a resident of California, strike out this paragraph entirely. ************************************************************************** 6. I fully and completely understand the full importance of this directive and am emotionally and mentally competent to make this directive. No participant in the making of this directive or on its being carried into effect, whether it be a medical doctor, my spouse, a relative, friend, or any other person shall be held responsible in any way, legally, professionally or socially, for complying with my directions. In Witness Whereof, I have executed this directive on the date entered below. _________________________ (Name) _________________________ _________________________ Witness 1 Witness 2 Sworn to and subscribed before me this (day) day of (month), 19(year). My commission expires: _________________________ Notary Public _________________________ Date