It helps the patient to communicate to make their own choices for their health. A living will is usually written well before they become ill, so it is not a document for euthanasia. People create a living will so that they can have a written document stating their wishes if they become terminally ill. In Claire Conroy's case study, she was terminally ill with heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and her left leg was gangrenous down to the knee. She had bedsores, couldn't speak, urinated through a catheter and lost control of her bowels. If she had a living will, she could have died peacefully using euthanasia. This living will would have helped his family make difficult decisions and respected his human rights. This living will, if written before she became ill, would have encouraged Claire and her family to discuss death openly. Instead, the courts debated her end-of-life decisions and she died a painful death before the courts could make a decision. I think everyone should have a living will so they can communicate with their caregivers and be medically prepared if something goes wrong.