But did a doctor so certify? The judge ordered a 3 doctor review, and I don't know where that stands. Also, if all nourishment had been cut off on the 28th, granny is in her 12th day. I'm just not sure yet that that is the case.
My uninformed belief is thatthe 3 doctor panel is not charged with making a conclusion of "terminal." I think they are charged with choosing a course of treatment.
The determination of terminal has already been certified, by another doctor. Otherwise the patient would not be in hospice. And the attorney for hospice is reported to have said that if Mae is intubated, she must be removed from hospice. I.e., if she is fed, she is not certifiable as certainly dead withing 6 months.
If and when the guardian and hospital/doctor decide to schedule natural death by dehydration, the patient is legally terminal.