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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient. Bring it to the emergency room because they’ll never find it in the chart.

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