title: Letter to my future doctor.
abstract: Everyone is talking. Physicians, politicians, newspaper columnists, patients, families, authors, talk show hosts, all are debating our right to decide how and when we will die. It is necessary and wise to obtain a medical directive. One question we must ask ourselves as physicians is, Can we do what we ask our patients to do? Here is one physician's medical directive.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald