Gary Coleman's living will called for 15 days of life support

[ladypanther]

Oh well......

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/14/gary.coleman.death.decision/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

Life support should be ended, he said, after two doctors decided "my condition is incurable, terminal and expected to result in my death within 12 months" or if doctors "have diagnosed that I have been in a coma for at least 15 days and that the coma is irreversible, meaning that there is no reasonable possibility of my ever regaining consciousness."

A spokesman for the Utah Medical Association said a family member's wishes have more weight than what's written in a living will.

"It's not going to trump a family member that comes in and says 'I want you to do something different than what's here in the advance directive,'"

...and she wasn't his wife.....

oops

[Carolina Husker]

Her 911 call is classic. She absolutely wanted him to die.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

How do a family member's wishes trump those of the person who had the living will written? What's the point of the living will, then?