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To: Neeka who wrote (105837)	3/24/2005 8:13:50 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793725

One thing I didn't know, even as a lawyer who has prepared several Advanced Medical Directives, is that the words in them don't necessarily mean what you think they mean. For example, I would have thought that they only kicked in if death was imminent or at least inevitable, not, as in Terri's case, merely because she's probably never going to get better. And I never would have dreamed that food and water = "extraordinary measures." I have also recently read that the suggested form Advanced Medical Directives are being promoted by "right-to-die" advocates and others who believe in euthanasia. I've never prepared one for myself because I actually don't know what I want, other than to have lots and lots of morphine if I am in bad pain.