I was chatting with a lawyer-friend the other day when the issue of medical powers of attorney and advanced medical care directives came up.
My friend said that he objects to patients being asked about whether or not they would want to be resuscitated should something go wrong at the time of being admitted to hospital for surgery.
He argued that patients’ understandable anxiety at the prospect of imminent surgery could make them vulnerable to making a poor decision.
I’…
