Living Will
On June, 1st, 2024, Justice M.S. Sonak, serving on the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court, became the first person in Goa to register a “living will”.
What is a Living Will?
- Also known as the Advance Medical Directives, these are the written legal instructions regarding the preferences for medical treatment if one is unable to make decisions for himself in case, he/shebecomes incapacitated.
- It spells out the medical treatments one would or would not want to be used to keep himself /herself alive.
Implementation
- A living will comes into effect while individuals are in a vegetative state and cannot ....
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