Are legally guiding bindings. They come as a living will or a power of attorney for health care about what medical procedures you might want at the end of life. That is what an advanced directive is. It helps you manage death. Ok. 1900, you just i. There was you just die. There was almost nothing a doctor could do for you. Today, many people die after a decision is made to withhold or withdraw a lifesustaining treatment. One of those is cpr, you all know what that is. Tube feeding is what we will talk about monday. Chemo, transfusions, these are the kind of things that two thirds of americans say, i am done, i dont want that anymore, then they finally die. The picture looks like this. Will fall over dead or get hit by a ups truck. The other two thirds will have to make a decision. Its these its this last third that is in particular. They need advanced directive. The Competent Group can make those decisions themselves. They are awake, they are competent and able to participate. For this
Eath. Today we will try to understand what the answers to some of these riddles are related to managing death. The first thing we need to do is figure out what these riddles are. We have talked about these, well, a little bit last monday. We will go through them real quick, and then we will get into the history part. Number one is a riddle having to do with advance directives. They are legally guiding bindings. They come as a living will or a power of attorney for health care about what medical procedures you might want at the end of life. That is what an advanced directive is. It helps you manage death. Ok. The deal is, in 1900, you just died. There was almost nothing a doctor could do for you. Today, many people die after a decision is made to withhold or withdraw a lifesustaining treatment. One of those is cpr, you all know what that is. Tube feeding is what we will talk about monday. Chemo, transfusions, these are the kind of things that two thirds of americans say, i am done, i do
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The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic