The Law & End-of-Life Decisions
Who really wants to think about death? But the fact is, we need to. In this episode we explore advance directives, Practitioner's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and other issues each individual should consider about the kind of medical treatment desired in the face of terminal illness or other life threatening situations.

MaryLynn Schiavi, host and producer welcomes as her guest: Terri Roth Reicher, an attorney and mediator based in Passaic County New Jersey. Ms. Reicher earned an advanced law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she was a member of the first LLM class in Health and Hospital Law. She writes and lectures frequently on issues in Bioethics and serves as a Bioethics Attorney for Chilton Hospital, a member of the Atlantic Health System. She is an an Adjunct Professor of Law at William Paterson University and a leader in the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) community with a private practice specializing in commercial disputes and elder mediations. She is the 2016 recipient of the Jeydel Award for Professionalism, Ethics and Service to the ADR community.