{"id":86457,"date":"2018-10-22T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86457"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:25:10","slug":"nite-of-the-living-will-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/nite-of-the-living-will-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Nite of the Living Will program explains new medically assisted dying law"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The William S. Richardson School of Law’s<\/a> elder law program will again offer its popular Nite of the Living Will program on Halloween Eve, Tuesday, October 30. This year’s focus is on end-of-life medical treatment decisions and advance-care planning, including an overview of the Act 2 “Our Care, Our Choice” law, enacted by the 2018 Legislature that becomes effective January 2019.<\/p>\n

The free public event, which starts at 1 p.m.<\/abbr> in the Davis Levin Livingston Moot Court Room at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, is aimed at elders, family caregivers and service providers.<\/p>\n

“This will help you communicate your wishes for end-of-life care, as well as to find out more about Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>‘s new law on medically assisted dying,” said Professor James Pietsch<\/strong><\/a>, director of the elder law program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Discussion will include informed consent and informed refusal; surrogate decision-making; advance directives, including individual instructions for health care; and durable powers of attorney for health care, plus provider orders for life-sustaining treatment.<\/p>\n

Act 2 allows qualified patients in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> with a medically confirmed terminal illness, who are predicted to have less than six months to live and who possess decision-making capacity, to determine their own medical care at the end of their lives. It allows a qualified patient to request and obtain a prescription to end the qualified patient’s life.<\/p>\n

To save a seat, call (808) 956-6544 or email help.edu@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n

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