We'd all like to die peacefully in our sleep, without suffering or pain. But, unfortunately, that's often not the case.
Many people spend days, months, even years hooked up to life-support equipment.
But as one North Carolina family found out, putting it in writing is still no guarantee. HealthWeek's Eugenia Halsey has their story. That's what life was all about for Claude-Burton Marion. He wanted to be on the farm. He didn't want to be anywhere else.