Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

Exercise 53

Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the questions that follow this case study.
What are the granddaughter's legal and ethical obligations as her grandmother's agent with health care power of attorney?
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You are a member of a hospital resource allocation committee that must decide which three out of seven critical patients will receive immediate live-saving surgery. The hospital has resources to save just three of the seven, but without surgery, all seven patients will die. The situation is further complicated by the fact that a blizzard is raging outside, and none of the patients can be transferred to another hospital. All seven are too critically ill to be moved by snowmobile.