Say someone (in the U.S.) without any family at all winds up at a hospital and goes comatose, needing to be on life support. Would they be on life support indefinitely or would anyone have the authority to ‘pull the plug’ so to speak? Sorry it’s kind of a dark question but these are the kinds of things keeping me up at night haha.
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There is something called Two Doc, which can force a consent if a patient is unable to consent and has no available family. Think stroke or major accident where the patient is not physically or cognitively able to give consent. The physicians must be acting in the best interest of the patient and go with standard or best practice treatment.
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