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Test Your Knowledge: Massachusetts Living Wills

by Attorney Brian E. Barreira
1. Which of the following statements about living will issues in Massachusetts is NOT accurate?
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spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) A. A living will provides a specific list of what life-prolonging procedures are to be withdrawn or withheld, or directs what you want in providing comfort care and alleviating pain.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) B. A living will addresses difficult decisions about foreseeable major life and death decisions while you have the mental and physical capability to deal with these choices.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) C. Under Massachusetts law, senior citizens who have living wills are entitled to a 10% discount on their health insurance and long-term care insurance premiums.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) D. A paragraph or section in your Massachusetts health care proxy can contain language that effectively operates as a living will.
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2. True or false?: Even if your living will fails to cover unexpected illnesses and medical advancements, the person you appoint as your health care agent in a Massachusetts health care proxy can make choices for you on those issues.
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spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) A. True
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3. A living will is not legally binding in Massachusetts, but is a good addition to a health care proxy for which of the following reasons?
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spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) A. A standard Massachusetts health care proxy form is silent about your health care choices, especially on whether you would have wanted artificial nutrition and hydration.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) B. A living will can help eliminate the health care agent's guilt in making agonizing choices for you.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) C. A living will can minimize or eliminate the difficult questions that might have to be posed on end-of-life decisions to a hospital or nursing home ethics committee.
spacer (<1K) spacer (<1K) D. D. All of the above.
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4. True or false?: A living will may be considered evidence of your wishes in a court case regarding whether to terminate artificial or mechanical life support.
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