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Whitman, Wynne A. Wants, wishes, and wills : a medical and legal guide to protecting yourself and your family insickness and in health / Wynne A. Whitman, and Shawn D. Glisson. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-13-156898-1 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Medical care—Miscellanea. 2. Self-care,Health. 3. Medicine, Popular. 4. Medical care—Law and legislation. I. Glisson, Shawn D.II. Title. RC81.W3653 2007 362.1—dc22 2006101571