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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by civilian on Friday November 11, 2016 @07:27PM (#12935756)
That seems really weird and illegal. It sounds like hospitals are placating to the family. I understand that they'd want to hesitate though-- the people who might sue them are the surviving family.

Living wills are legally binding documents: http://info.legalzoom.com/living-wills-binding-documents-220...

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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by coldtea on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:46PM (#12936655)
>I understand that they'd want to hesitate though-- the people who might sue them are the surviving family.

It's also the family, not the person having written the will several months or years ago, that has all the latest details on the condition and the options.

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Re:The macabre fate of ‘beating heart corpses’ by shakna on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:09PM (#12939179)
Legally binding, yes, but someone has to be the executor of said will. The executor is the one who has the power to make the decision asked for, in this case, usually family.
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