Researchers say that this may have more impact on how much control you have over how and when you die than legal wrangling and the wishes of patients and their families.

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Would you know how many people die a year in automobile crashes?

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The main thing isn't about dying or how old you are when you die, it's what you are doing the moment you die.

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Good estate planning attorneys know how to prepare for contingencies, no matter what the law will say when you die.

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Determine how much income your partner needs to maintain his or her standard of living if you die tomorrow.

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When you die, the terms of the trust, not a will, govern how assets get passed on.

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"Think back to May 2006 when India spun into the toilet and imagine how well you would have done by calmly buying good companies on the dips and waiting for the panic attack to die down, " says John Christy, editor of the Forbes International Investment Report.

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