[blackie]

"Your statement is not true, the decision to remove or continue life support, in absence of explicit documentation from the patient, falls on the next of kin."

It's that way in California an Oregon, too.

[Cboldt]

Then you could kindly point me to the citation that somebody's wishes, other than the PATIENT's, may be asserted over a PVS individual. I frankly don't believe there is one, hence the need for advance directives from the patient, or other evidence as reviewd by a court of competent jurisdiction.