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Be wise, loving: Make decisions about end of life.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

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Byline: Julie Deardorff

Death is never a pleasant topic, but the sad case of Terri Schiavo sparked a much-needed end-of-life discussion in my family. "Would you remove my feeding tube?" I asked my husband, referring to the situation with Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose vegetative state prompted a legal conflagration.

"Absolutely," he said. "If it was clear that's what you wanted."

Unfortunately, it's not clear, not yet. Like many couples, we think we know the other's desires, but we haven't written advance directives, or instructions that detail the kind of health care we want if we're too sick or injured to make our own decisions.

The case of Schiavo, who died this week at age 41, shows you're ...

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