Terri Schiavo & The Living Will

No one wants to be the next Terri Schiavo.
"Living Will" is THE buzzword coming into easter weekend, and I'm thinking of including the topic as part of Sunday's Capital Region People.

From the Kansas City Star - "... People now are scrambling to create living wills and erase any doubt about the medical treatment they want - or don't want - if they can't make decisions... " Read MORE.

From Michelle Malkin's Blog - "It's good that the Schiavo case is raising awareness about end-of-life decisions, but in the media frenzy to provide easy answers to the public, the flaws and shortcomings of livings wills are getting glossed over."

From Lawrence Journal World - "Living wills bring peace of mind ..."

Terri Schiavo was 26 years old when a heart attack damaged her brain and left her in what doctors have called a persistent vegetative state - alive but unable to think or communicate.

From New York Lawyer - "In apparent reaction to the Terri Schiavo case, more than 17,000 visitors to the Web site of the New York State Bar Association have downloaded free forms on living wills and health care proxies over the last two days, the New York Law Journal reports..." Read MORE.