If a Person Is Comatose and Incompetent to Express Their

question 28

Multiple Choice

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 ___________.

• A) the substituted judgment doctrine
• B) designated power of attorney authority
• C) agency authority
• D) fiduciary authority

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