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Patient care should definately be left up to the family. I'm very biased because in 2002 my sister had a near drowning, and was deprived of oxygen for over 20 minutes. She was in a coma, and the doctors did all these tests and told my parents that half my sister's brain was dead and that she would be a vegetable for the rest of her life. The next day she woke up, and now after almost 4 years she is almost 100% back to normal. In her situation, the doctors had no clue what they were talking about, and if my parents had gone on their word, its possible that my sister wouldn't be here.
Another group that should have no say is the insurance company. After my sister awoke from her coma, they didn't want to pay for her to enter a rehab hospital, and wanted to put her in a nursing home. A 12 year old in a nursing home? My parents fought them on it, and after a year of therapy my sister was able to do almost everything for herself.
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