If a person is comatose and incompetent to express their right to refuse medical treatment, those appointed to render their best judgment concerning how the patient would assert that right would be doing so under ___________.

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The substituted judgment doctrine allows a surrogate decision-maker to attempt to establish what decision the patient would have made if they were competent, based on the patient's values and preferences.

If a Person Is Comatose and Incompetent to Express Their