The term “living will” is still very unfamiliar in the majority of rural or even small and medium-sized city hospitals, and I have not seen or heard of patients asking for their “living will” to be placed in the medical record upon admission to the hospital in case they need it. If there is such a case, I think it would be a good idea to keep it in the medical record. If this is the case, I think the hospital and the doctor and the patient’s family would welcome it. The majority of life support therapies for terminal or critical illnesses are futile, wasting a lot of money and adding to the suffering of the patient and relatives, and are virtually meaningless. In such cases, both the patient’s family and the doctor are willing to end this unnecessary treatment earlier, but the reason for the delay is the lack of legal support and the traditional moral constraints. Doctors are afraid of the crime of not saving the life of the patient, and the patient’s family is afraid of the reputation of being ungrateful or heartless. If there is a patient’s “advance directive”, we all have a ladder to step down, as long as the doctor in strict accordance with the collective diagnosis and treatment procedures to confirm that there is no point in saving the patient’s family after patiently and carefully explain the truth, we will generally accept. What’s not to like?