FINAL DIRECTIVES

The Legal Ethical and Moral Journey to Death

Dying is not a right. Government has seized the opportunity to intervene in peoples’ lives when end of life issues arise. Without a clearly written statement of medical directives the health system is forced to turn to blind courts and aggressive prosecutors to guide them. In this book are a series of cases confronting those in the last days of their lives. Many of these patients made national headlines in their fight to die with dignity. In one specific case a State forced a hospital to keep a brain dead individual alive indefinitely. Doctor Mark Davis has had the privilege of working with several hundred individuals at the most sensitive times in their lives. He brings experienced insights to a subject quietly discussed in the shadows of our society. This book displays many paths to avoid government’s intrusive hand allowing outcomes that otherwise would have been made by bureaucrats.