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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 522
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3. TRY TO EXTEND MY LIFE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, USING ALL
AVAILABLE INTERVENTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED MEDICAL
STANDARDS THAT IN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT WOULD PREVENT
BY MOUTH, I WANT TO RECEIVE NUTRITION AND FLUIDS BY TUBE OR
OTHER MEDICAL MEANS.
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PREFERENCE IN CASE OF PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE
(IF YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR PREFERENCE, INITIAL ONE ONLY. IF YOU DO
NOT WANT TO STATE A PREFERENCE HERE, CROSS THROUGH THE WHOLE
SECTION.)
IF MY DOCTORS CERTIFY THAT I AM IN A PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE,
THAT IS, IF I AM NOT CONSCIOUS AND AM NOT AWARE OF MYSELF OR MY
ENVIRONMENT OR ABLE TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS, AND THERE IS NO
REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT I WILL EVER REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS:
1. KEEP ME COMFORTABLE AND ALLOW NATURAL DEATH TO OCCUR. I DO
NOT WANT ANY MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS USED TO TRY TO EXTEND MY
LIFE. I DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE NUTRITION AND FLUIDS BY TUBE OR
OTHER MEDICAL MEANS.
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((OR))
2. KEEP ME COMFORTABLE AND ALLOW NATURAL DEATH TO OCCUR. I DO
NOT WANT MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS USED TO TRY TO EXTEND MY LIFE.
IF I AM UNABLE TO TAKE ENOUGH NOURISHMENT BY MOUTH, HOWEVER, I
WANT TO RECEIVE NUTRITION AND FLUIDS BY TUBE OR OTHER MEDICAL
MEANS.
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((OR))
3. TRY TO EXTEND MY LIFE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, USING ALL
AVAILABLE INTERVENTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED MEDICAL
STANDARDS THAT IN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT WOULD PREVENT
OR DELAY MY DEATH. IF I AM UNABLE TO TAKE ENOUGH NOURISHMENT
BY MOUTH, I WANT TO RECEIVE NUTRITION AND FLUIDS BY TUBE OR
OTHER MEDICAL MEANS.
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PREFERENCE IN CASE OF END-STAGE CONDITION
(IF YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR PREFERENCE, INITIAL ONE ONLY. IF YOU DO
NOT WANT TO STATE A PREFERENCE HERE, CROSS THROUGH THE WHOLE
SECTION.)
IF MY DOCTORS CERTIFY THAT I AM IN AN END-STAGE CONDITION, THAT
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