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The Terri Schiavo right-to-die case dominated the headlines again this week. The legal wrangling has many people talking about what would happen to them if they were incapable of making their own decisions. Marketplace's Lisa Napoli looks at how to make your wishes known.

Supporters of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo stand in front of the Woodside Hospice where Schiavo is being cared for March 24, 2005 in Pinellas Park, Florida.
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