"The family's power is greater than the patient's," says Kao Pi-yueh. If the family for any number of reasons insists that the patient be resuscitated--say because they want to wait for a more auspicious time or the return of the eldest son from overseas, then the doctors dare not disobey them.
「家屬的權力大過臨終者」，高碧月說，如果家屬為了種種理由，像是要拖到「吉時」、要等國外的長子回來送終等而堅持要救，醫生也不敢不照辦。