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Right To Make Medical Decision

theleprechaun · 2008-02-12 19:39:23

I also wondered about this, so please help. If an elderly person, in a semi-coma and of unsound mind, following an accident(say a stroke) and is not responding over a period of time(say a week) to medical treatment, who gets to make the decision about the course of treatment? Family members? Doctors? What if they disagree?…

12-02-2008 7:39pm

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I also wondered about this, so please help. If an elderly person, in a semi-coma and of unsound mind, following an accident(say a stroke) and is not responding over a period of time(say a week) to medical treatment, who gets to make the decision about the course of treatment? Family members? Doctors? What if they disagree?
Thanks

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#2 12-02-2008 7:44pm

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Next of kin if they do not have an appointed medical guardian.

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