Creating A Living Will

An Arizona living will is a document that stipulates what your wishes are regarding your medical care in the event that something happens to you rendering you unable to make decisions on your own. There are numerous medical scenarios that can happen to even the healthiest person that may render them unable to determine the best medical course of treatment for their particular situation. This can be a trying stressful time for both the person with the medical issue and their loved ones.

This is why creating this type of will document is so important. It takes the burden off of your family and friends to make important decisions about continuing your medical care and how you would want to proceed in a life and death situation. Far too many people avoid creating such a document because of the stress of thinking about one’s death. In fact, an article cited in the Seattle Times discusses how the issue of creating a living will is a common issue among baby boomers, who cite feeling great in their old age as a reason not to create this document.

However, this line of thinking can put an awesome burden of responsibility and decision-making on loved ones who are already dealing with the grief of whatever happened to you. Now, one person in your family or close circle of friends — or all of them – must be responsible for dealing with the overwhelming grief of determining what course of action to take for you medically speaking. This can be even more difficult if the decision centers on life and death, such as whether or not to take you off of life support if your situation is dire and it doesn’t appear as though you will recover.

Creating an Arizona living will is not a time consuming process and can be done online or with a local lawyer. You can even create the document from the comfort of your own home and then take it have it notarized so that the document is official; you will need to file the document with your local clerk of courts at this time as well. When you go the hospital – even for something routine – medical officers there generally provide you with the opportunity to create a living will to keep on file with the facility. If this is the hospital where you will likely go in the event of a medical emergency, then this is prudent to ensure that this document is readily accessible

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