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Pforzheim. An accident, a stroke, a coma – and suddenly a question arises that many people like to ignore: Who decides about my life when I can no longer do it myself? A living will can help in such a case. The Pforzheim hospitals emphasized that such a document is important. “A living will is of great importance to the practitioners and relatives,” says Dr. Ralf Müller-Lenz, Deputy Chairman of the Ethics Committee and Chief Physician of the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Siloah St. Trudpert Clinic.
It develops its binding effect when the patient has his will
