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Well, I won't argue the point except to say that there is a huge difference between being conscious and being lucid. Frankly, I think doctors should convene family meetings . . . it's usually the other way around. Families simply must understand that their responsibility is to do what's right for their loved one. And very often, keeping them alive at all costs isn't in their best interests at all.
Truth be told? Even with clear direction from a HCPOA, most doctors won't withdraw treatment without a family consensus. (Lizzie would be better able to say this with conviction than I . . . but I believe it's true.)
Oh believe me I know...But what we can not allow is some financial incentive motivate docs to make these decisions themselves, without consulting anyone...Once we go down that path we might as well just construct death centers where everyone can report at their average LE age for their mandated lethal injection.