And who needs a living WILL? Basically, a living WILL is a form of expression of independence. We are, after all, free to decide, in life and in death. The expression living WILL is sometimes used to refer to a document in which you write down what you want to happen if you become ill and cannot communicate your wishes about treatment. It is quite common, for example, for people to write a living WILL saying that they do not want to be kept alive on artificial life supports i...