What Is A Living Will?

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What Is A Living Will?

A living will is a legal document in North Carolina that safeguards your right to determine the kind of care you'll receive at the end of your life. The living will is one of several advance care documents by which competent people instruct their family, physicians, friends, lawyers, clergy and others important in their lives about their wishes for medical care should they become unable to speak and decide for themselves.

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