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Answers to Questions About End-of-Life Issues

In this section, you will be able to get information about matters pertaining to end-of-life decisions, like Advance Healthcare Directives and estate planning.

The information is presented in a question and answer format. We hope that you find the information presented here useful to you.

David Larsen, Esq.		Mr. Larsen is a partner with the law firm of Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright specializing in estate planning, gift and inheritance taxes, and probate. He is also a teacher, author and columnist for The Honolulu Advertiser. His books include Who Gets It When You Go (UH Press) and You Can't Take It With You (Random House).
James Pietsch, Esq.		Mr. Pietsch is the director of the University of Hawaii Elder Law Program (UHELP), co-author of The Elder Law Hawaii Handbook, co-editor of Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision-Making and teaches Elder Law and Health Law topics at the William S. Richardson School of Law and John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Lenora Lee		Ms. Lee is a paralegal at the University of Hawaii Elder Law Program (UHELP) and co-author of The Elder Law Hawaii Handbook.