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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n

Like most states Idaho allows an individual to create a living will. Sometimes people use a different name for a living will such as a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” or DNR, or a “Health Care Directive”. \u3000These are all fancy names that lawyers use for this document but they all mean the same thing. A living will is a document where the individual who creates it can provide specific directions to his healthcare providers as to the medical treatment he wants to receive towards the end of his or her life. There are a number of different choices this individual has as to the kind of treatment they either do or do not want to receive.<\/p>\n

Under the terms and directions of the document itself, most living will only becomes effective when three specific circumstances exist. The first is that the person has a terminal medical condition. The second circumstance is that the health care providers believe the terminal condition will lead to the imminent death of the individual. And the third condition is that the individual is unable to communicate with their healthcare providers. When these three circumstances occur the living will becomes effective and provides direction to health care providers.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Like most states Idaho allows an individual to create a living will. Sometimes people use a different name for a living will such as a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” or DNR, or a “Health Care Directive”. \u3000These are all fancy names that lawyers use for this document but they all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nOptions Available Under an Idaho Living Will — Idaho Law Blog — April 5, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Like most states Idaho allows an individual to create a living will. 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