re: #88 jcm

Here’s what I know. It was shelved during the Bush Administration, and brought back by the current Administration.

Here is the pdf of the document “Your Life, Your Choices.”

I have not had time to go through the document, therefore the furor may or may not be merited.

End of life decisions are an important discussion for an individual and their family. We used a Catholic publication for my father in law. The concern would be as Towey states ‘“Your Life, Your Choices” presents end-of-life choices in a way aimed at steering users toward predetermined conclusions,…’ would such counseling regardless if its required or merely offered as a service have such a “guided” to predetermined outcome.

I just scanned the booklet and from what I see it does a good job of making sure the patient is the one who guides the discussion to predetermined conclusions about their own end of life care including their personal beliefs and their own assessment of their quality of life. This is about preparing a living will not a third party conseling someone if their life is worth continuing for financial and convenience reasons.