PSY 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shoppers Drug Mart, Organ Donation, Intracerebral Hemorrhage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3101
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Wills person- makes decisions on the person"s behalf; financial, personal care: dnr, etc. ) Living wills p. o. a. (power of attorney 1 person but can be more then 1. Formal: lawyer; designate this person as a poa for specific aspects of life, it is notarized and etc. ) Advanced directives: in advance of some incident where you can"t give someone directions your power of attorney can make decisions. Informal: you write down exactly what you want, you sign it and date it yourself, you don"t need a lawyer, if you want to change it then you put all wills before this date are null. Quasi-will: the great canadian will kits: shoppers drug mart; fill the kit out and you give a copy to your executor (2 living will and 2 wills) easily contested. Next of kin: husband, father, mother, older siblings, younger siblings, aunts and uncles. Don"t take your organs to heaven- heaven knows we need them here.