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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. Once you’re in the emergency room, even if you’ve had to do a crash intubation, you can always talk and decide is this what he didn’t want it or not want it?

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