Walk It Through: The Hospital Decision
An instruction given out loud, a health care power of attorney, and a parent with no directive at all.
Before surgery, a patient tells the doctor not to be put on a ventilator long term.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Adults in a hospital. Mental health treatment, which has its own surrogate limits, minors, and anatomical gifts are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.