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by onetimemanytime
2901 days ago
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>>Where are you living that children are allowed to make medical decisions for their dying parent? What legal powers are the hospitals using to follow the wishes of the children? Child in coma, doctors say it's over. Parents decide to pull plug or not. Never heard of this scenario in USA? |
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Also, it doesn't happen like that in all US states where the hospital makes a decision and presents it to the family, who'll need to go to court if they disagree.
http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/2018/04/medical-futility...
> First, in California, Texas, and Virginia the burden is flipped: the families must go to court to stop the clinicians. Moreover, that is a widely recommended approach at the institutional level: announce the plan and give the family time to challenge, but do not seek permission from the court.