Article Title

The Death of the Living Will

Authors

Carl E. Schneider, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow
Angela Fagerlin, University of MichiganFollow

Abstract

Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.

We should have known it would fail: A notable but neglected psychological literature always provided arresting reasons to expect the policy of living wills to misfire. Given their alluring potential, perhaps they were worth trying. But a crescendoing empirical literature and persistent clinical disappointments reveal that the rewards of the campaign to promote living wills do not justify its costs.

Recommended Citation

Carl E. Schneider & Angela Fagerlin, The Death of the Living Will, 47 Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes) - (2005).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/lqnotes/vol47/iss3/7