That's not to say that patients have no control--living wills can have a powerful effect.
It also highlighted the issue of living wills, since Terri Schiavo had left no written instructions about what action she wanted taken if she became disabled.
The longer-term debate may yet move from wishy-washy living wills to breaking up banks (as the governor of the Bank of England suggested on October 20th see article).
One of the most disputed provisions, contained in a House health care proposal, would pay doctors for consultations with patients on end-of-life issues, such as living wills.
The ruse of creating living wills is an excellent example.
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New regulations for the largest global banks call for creation of living wills which regulators can use to wind down or sell parts of a bank over a weekend.
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Instead, he voiced objections to a bill restricting living wills and to the policy of intercepting migrants in the Mediterranean and returning them to Libya before they apply for asylum.
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Some of the laws work to make living wills more available, while others try to address what to do when patients have not drawn up an advance directive for withdrawal of care.
The process of agreeing on living wills with regulators in the countries concerned creates pressure for banks to use subsidiaries abroad, which have to have their own capital, rather than branches, which don't.
In the longer term the bonus mess underlines the importance of getting the state out of finance: setting a time limit for the explicit guarantees and finding ways to lessen the implicit promise of support through living wills and the like.
The LEI is a fundamental building block for living wills, the regulation being implemented in the UK and North America which directs large banks to develop plans for dealing with failure from selling off subsidiaries to raising equity and reducing or eliminating dividends.
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But oftentimes his services overlap with legal issues, such as setting up estates, wills, living trusts and such.
Wills, unlike living trusts, are public court documents and generally available for the public to read.
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