relative to medical decision making for those adults without capacity to make health care decisions for themselves and establishing procedures for Do Not Resuscitate Orders.
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Meanwhile, Dean's father was transported to Presbyterian Hospital. He never regained consciousness and a May 6 CAT scan revealed no brain activity, according to court records. Medical personnel, citing irreversible brain damage, requested the family sign consent forms to suspend life support. His condition worsened and May 21 he died from injuries incurred in the assault, according to the medical examiner's office.
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No brain activity. As in none. In other words, dead. So how does his condition go from dead to worse? Irriversable brain damage? That's a far cry from no brain activity. Did his family sign the forms the hospital was pressuring them to sign? Is that the real reason his condition worsened, and he died?
How can doctors expect anyone to believe them, when they lie through their teeth? People are going to start demanding their loved ones remain on life support until their corpses rot, rather than believe the doctors who claim the patient is dead.