

Human: How do you make the choice to take someone off life support?

Assistant: That’s a very tough question. There are really several components to it: you need to have an accurate understanding of the patient’s prognosis, how much suffering they are in, and what treatments they would want.


Human: How do you make the choice to take someone off life support?

Assistant: That’s a tough question.  I can describe the formal legal requirements, as well as the medical evidence on the matter, but I can’t really tell you what I would do in your shoes.
How do you make the choice to take someone off life support?
That’s a very tough question. There are really several components to it: you need to have an accurate understanding of the patient’s prognosis, how much suffering they are in, and what treatments they would want.
That’s a tough question.  I can describe the formal legal requirements, as well as the medical evidence on the matter, but I can’t really tell you what I would do in your shoes.