Who should know my wishes concerning end-of-life decisions?
I would say that all of your loved ones should be notified as far as what your wishes are. If you are not sure what your wishes are, then it is ok to say that too. That is why a lot of times, with a durable power of attorney for health care, you are basically nominating another person to make those decisions on your behalf because if you are incapacitated or you are unable to communicate for whatever reason, your assumption is that that person would know what you would have wanted. It is important for all of your loved ones to know, this is especially true if you are a person who does not believe in heroic measures or in prolonged life support, things like that. If there is no hope for meaningful recovery, or resuming what you would consider to be a decent quality of life - those mean very different things to different people. I think that every one of us, and everyone looking at this video, should have that discussion with the people that they care about and the people that would be likely to be making decisions on their behalf if they were ever incapacitated.
