Can relatives kill me if im a vegetable? Do doctors give that option?

[KiraComplex]

To start, ive had a talk with my mom (nothing about plans) and she said that if i were to become a vegetable and it was completely irreversible then she would want to have me uh killed? I forgot the term. But I agreed.
Do doctors give the "ok ur daughter(son) is completely fucked do u wanna euthanize them" or would i be subjected to a life of a wheel chair??
For anything with laws im in California.

 

[Lookingforabus]

Define "vegetable". The term you want might be persistent "vegetative state", which is basically a coma that's gone on long enough to be considered persistent. The way such patients die (in the US) is by having their life support removed. No wheelchairs involved, because such a person has been in a hospital bed for months.

If you're 18 or older and worried about this, get a living will, which covers this, and other scenarios in the event you can't communicate your wishes (because you're in a coma or brain damaged, or whatever).

 

[SelfHatingAspie]

I'm not sure what they're called in California, but there is something called an Advanced Care Directive (which is sometimes known as a Living Will). This is where you can specify what should happen if you're incapable of making your own decisions relating to health care. At the very least, the document will need to be witnessed by an adult that's not a relative - although in some places, you may need to go through a lawyer to get this document drawn up.

 

[Lookingforabus]

At the very least, the document will need to be witnessed by an adult that's not a relative - although in some places, you may need to go through a lawyer to get this document drawn up.

Yup, the witnessing part can be handled by the lawyer drawing it up (mine had a couple staff members come in and witness it), or by a notary public, who are usually easy to find and cheap. (All the tellers at the cabin of banks I use are notaries, and they notarize things free for customers, for example... an independent notary will charge a small fee, though.)

 

[KiraComplex]

Yup, the witnessing part can be handled by the lawyer drawing it up (mine had a couple staff members come in and witness it), or by a notary public, who are usually easy to find and cheap. (All the tellers at the cabin of banks I use are notaries, and they notarize things free for customers, for example... an independent notary will charge a small fee, though.)

Completely forgot about the living will. Ill look into it, thanks yall.