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That seems really weird and illegal. It sounds like hospitals are placating to the family. I understand that they'd want to hesitate though-- the people who mi
by civilian 10y ago
That seems really weird and illegal. It sounds like hospitals are placating to the family. I understand that they'd want to hesitate though-- the people who might sue them are the surviving family.
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- coldtea 10y ago>I understand that they'd want to hesitate though-- the people who might sue them are the surviving family. It's also the family, not the person having written the will several months or years ago, that has all the latest details on the condition and the options.
- shakna 10y agoLegally binding, yes, but someone has to be the executor of said will. The executor is the one who has the power to make the decision asked for, in this case, usually family.