... But they can and do declare people prematurely brain dead IN SPITE OF OBJECTIONS OF PARENTS OR FAMILY WITH LEGAL HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
In most states, in cases of death under mechanical means of support, if 2 doctors say you are dead, you are dead. The POA has no standing in this regard.
You said:In most states, in cases of death under mechanical means of support, if 2 doctors say you are dead, you are dead.
The POA has no standing in this regard.
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If surrogates want to leave mechanical means operative they have the moral right to do so. The law should reflect that right. Many people have been prematurely and mistakenly declared dead according to your scenario.
The determination of death pursuant to brain death criteria is fraught with mistakes.