Hospitals have a Consent and Capacity Board-– a Provincial Panel Appointed under the Health Consent Act, to be the final decider in Doctor-family disputes in life and death situations.

When you least expect it, you may be fighting against this Board to prevent a hospital from pulling the plug. This Board has the mandate of trying to determine what the patient would have chosen themselves, IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION (given quality of life, pain etc).

One does not need much imagination to envision how a secular board appointed by the provincial government, in these times of spiraling health care costs and deteriorating value placed on human life, would rule.

Unless it’s legally recorded, what happens to you or a loved one when an incapacitating emergency strikes may not go according to your beliefs or desires. So on January 21, Toronto’s leading lawyers, doctors and rabbis are coming together to offer members of the community — at no charge — a Power of Attorney for Personal Care. You’ll be able to sign and have notarized this legally-binding document on the spot, while you still can. And you’ll give your family priceless peace of mind that, if the time ever comes, they’ll be able to honour your most cherished beliefs.