I suspect that are charged with determining a course of treatment for the dissection. Mae's sister has a dissection too, and was treated with medication and rest. So, the debate that I imagine between these three doctors is between the available courses of treatment for Mae's condition, where all of those courses of treatment are aimed at sustaining life. I.e., which course has the best chance of success. I would guess that none of the recommended courese of treatment will consist entirely of withholding nutrition and hydration.
There was a report that counsel for hospice would have Mae dischrged if she was intubated, i.e., that she would no longer be certifiably terminal if given life sustaining nutrition and hydration.
had to read that over to get the full chilling import!
In other words, if she has food and water, she wont die...and, in other words - since she was being fed and had water when she entered the hospice - she WAS NOT TERMINAL, therefore illegally entered
that applies to each and every one of us!
Was it Frost that said "Stop the world, I want to get off...?"