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Revived Interest in Living Wills K just minutes to fill out, Fade says. No lawyer is needed, usually just a witness or two. A few places require forms to be registered with the state or notarized (check with your doctor or state offi- Revived interest cials for requirements in your state). Otherwise, copies are simply distributed to relatives, friends or advisers. Official forms specific to each of the states and Wash- in living wills ington, D.C., are available by calling Choice in Dying at 212-366-5540 or writing the organization at 200 Varick St., By Esme M. Infante 10th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10019. State departments of USA TODAY health or aging and hospitals also should have them. An estimated 15% to 20% of U.S. adults have living wills Once doctors deemed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sick set to legally go into effect when a doctor declares them beyond hope, they let her go home to die swiftly and with- terminally ill or permanently unconscious and unable to out medical intervention — reportedly just as she had re- make sound decisions. quested in a "living will." Most states also allow a health proxy — usually a rela- She's said to have been among a rising number of U.S. tive or friend who has durable power of attorney specifi- adults signing documents to tell doctors what should — or cally to make medical decisions when a patient can't. shouldn't — be done if they grow hopelessly ill and unable A health proxy can also act for the patient who lies tem- to make competent choices for themselves. porarily unconscious in an emergency, making decisions Interest in living wills spiked when former President such as whether a limb should be amputated. Richard Nixon, who had signed such a document, died Not everyone agrees that living wills are in the best in- last month, and is expected to peak again. terest of the sick. The New York Times reports that Onassis, who died When patients specify that their lives shouldn't be pro- last Thursday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, authorized a longed with machines or drugs, their wishes may conflict living will in February ruling out aggressive medical treat- with those of loved ones who want every last glimmer of ment if she became too sick to be saved. life preserved. Family members and doctors can end up Choice in Dying, a New butting heads over the best course of action when a living York organization for pa- will isn't specific enough. tients' rights, fielded Some experts worry that living wills may encourage 11,000 calls last month on doctors to halt treatment when there still may be a small living wills — nearly five hope for recovery. People also often fear they're signing times the usual amount. away power to determine their fate. Now it's bracing for anoth- Fade thinks those notions are unfounded: Doctors must er wave. certify when patients are irreversibly sick and incompe- "Vie are seeing a much tent younger population calling "Or people say, 'I don't need any of that My family us — more men, more would know what I want"' But when it comes down to the middle-aged," says Ann wire, she says, relatives and doctors sometimes are reluc- Fade, the group's legal tant to follow the patient's wishes for withdrawal of food, and educational program water and/or life support. director. "A lot of people Living wills empower patients by making sure their figure, 'Someday I'll fill wishes are obeyed, Fade contends. one out' It takes a public When both a living will and a proxy are authorized, doc- event like Nixon or Onas- tors may feel more assured that the agent is making sound sis to drive it home that AP decisions for the patient, Fade says. "They have assurance they should do it now and NIXON: The late president that they are speaking on your behalf, not making your not wait" had signed a living will. decisions for you." Experts recommend talking frankly with family members and doctors before starting a living will. The process is inexpensive and the required forms take USA TODAY REMEMBERING JACKIE Onassis' diverse works are lasting By Jeannie Williams USA TODAY Jacqueline Kennedy Onas- sis' legend will live on — and so will her legacies. The former first lady has left a great deal to remember her by in many fields. A sampling ► On White House tours, you can still see her influ- ence. She was the first lady who first approached the Pennsylvania Avenue mansion as a museum, establishing the White House curator's office and White House Historical As- sociation. She supervised a ma- jor renovation — bringirg in vintage American furniture and paintings — that culminat- ed in the successful televised 1962 tour she hosted for the American public. The Red Room still contains most pieces placed there in the Kennedy years. The Blue Room has 19th-century gilded furniture from President Mon- roe's time that Onassis hunted down. And we saw the First La- dy's Garden when the Clintons read tributes to Onassis there AP Friday morning. Also called FAMILY: Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John Kennedy Jr., Caroline the Jacqueline Kennedy Gar- Kennedy Schlossberg and her husband, Edwin, at the 1992 Profile in Courage Award ceremony den, it was established when she lived there. ► Culture owes a debt to Onassis. She invited artists and performers to the White House and is credited with inspiring the National Endowment for the Arts. A board member of American Ballet Theatre for a quarter-century, she most re- cently was honorary board chairman. "She was greatly re- sponsible for ABT's comeback and survival," says Blaine Trump, an ABT supporter who worked with Onassis on benefit events. "She worked hard as a 'friend-raiser' and a fund-rais- er for ABT. Last year, it was on the verge of closing its doors; now it's looking at a bright fu- ture." ABT executive director Gary Dunning says, "Mrs. Onassis was a constant source of support" and "demonstrated AP a strong commitment to the EARLY INFLUENCE: Jacqueline Kennedy was the first to treat welfare of artists everywhere." the White House as a public treasure, leading a TV tour in 1962. At the beginning of Friday's ABT performance in New Terminal, you should think of York at the Metropolitan Op- Onassis. Beginning in 1975, she era House, artistic director Ke- worked to help prevent it from vin McKenzie spoke to the au- being replaced by an office dience about Onassis' meaning building and made public state- nation in Dallas, puts it: "What to the company. ments (rare for her) during the she did for her country in the ► When you walk through drive to save it. Friday night, four dark days after her hus- New York's Grand Central the Municipal Art Society — a band's assassination and espe- cially during the funeral made her a heroine for the ages. Not Joan of Arc, not Guinevere herself ever showed greater 44 Mrs. Onassis ... nobility." She showed that no- demonstrated a strong bility again as she fought a los- commitment to the ing battle with cancer. ► Her fashion legacy was welfare of artists simple elegance. "She was everywhere. 41), quite simply the most stylish first lady in history," says Pat- — Gary Dunning, rick McCarthy, editor of fash- executive director of ion bible Women's Wear Dai- American Ballet Theatre ly. Vincent Roppatte, director of Manhattan's Saks Fifth Ave- the Taiga, about a family living nue Beauty Salon, did Onassis' in the Siberian wilderness, due hair a few times. "She wore the in July, to The Cartoon History clothes; they didn't wear her. of the Universe II and Skies in She always knew what her look Blossom: Zen and the Poetry was and she stayed with it" of Emily Dickinson. The list Onassis' look retains an im- Onassis edited, says Doubleday pact on everyday folk, too. President Stephen Rubin, "This sounds unimportant, but "shows the breadth and depth it meant something to me: of her interest and sensibility. Jackie made it chic to wear The Michael Jackson book low-heeled, rounded-toe shoes (Moonwalk) was really an ab- and made dressing-up times so erration — it's a serious list of much more comfortable," says good books." playwright Hindi Brooks, Santa Among them: Bill Moyers' Monica, Calif. Healing & the Mind and the ► She was a force behind leader in the drive — offered two-volume A World of Ideas. the John F. Kennedy Library. an Onassis tribute in the sta- Moyers calls Onassis "as witty, The library, in Dorchester, tion's renovated waiting room. warm and creative in private Mass., is a monument to the It's p book for the public to as she was grand and graceful slain president. After Onassis' leave memorial messages. in public." Doubleday's offices death, tourists lined up in the ► Book editor Onassis had will close today in tribute to lobby to sign a condolence 11 works in the pipeline at her Onassis. book. death. They range from Lost in ► She leaves a legacy of The library says it's too early to know what Onassis papers may end up there, but 14 hours of tape she recorded with JFK biographer William Manches- ter are in its vaults. Since her lips were sealed about the events that pin her eternally in MONDAY, MAY 23, 1994 - 50 the spotlight, the tapes' 2067 re- lease is eagerly awaited. Daughter Caroline is presi- dent of the JFK library founda- tion; son John is a vice chair- man.
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