Method and apparatus for implementing a living will
CA 2221045 A1 · Owner: Arkinstall, William W. · Inventors: Arkinstall, William W.
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The apparatus for implementing a living will according to the applicant's method includes a first, indicator for wearing by a testator so as to adorn the testator in a readily visible fashion and, wherein the first indicator clearly indicates and communicates by a notice the existence of a living will belonging to the testator and directs a medical attendant to a second indicator carried by the testator in a portable fixed form, for example fixed in written form on a concealable portable member such as a planar member, for example a flexible card or the like, for indicating on a surface thereon at least the instructive terms of the living will wherein the second indicator in the, preferred …
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- Filed November 14, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 14, 2017.
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