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BeingChewsie -> RE: Relationship and Finance (a bit of a rant) (6/8/2007 3:36:28 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AquaticSub
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ORIGINAL: BeingChewsie
I would be actively trying to get the patients wishes followed, which would be for the hospital to follow their protocol with someone who has an advance directive in place. It isn't my decision to make, he has already made the decisions and placed them in a living will and named a person with POA. Millions of people have them, this is nothing new or surprising to ER staff.
As far as I'm aware a living will won't do you much good if you are in a place that doesn't have a copy (say you were out of town) and you don't either.
Agreed, but it changes nothing I'm still unable to legally or otherwise make medical decisions for him. Being away is an issue my owner took into consideration and what I said still stands, I inform the hospital he has one and that he has a person with POA over his medical decisions, that person is not me but this is how to contact them and I will try as well. The hospital has a protocol for what they can legally do in those cases, be it life-saving measures or whatever, they will do whatever they can do to cover their own asses. I would never be asked to make the decision, as the moment I said he has an advance directive and someone else has medical POA, they would do what they had to do in that case. In other words they would do whatever they do in the case of a person who comes in alone and is informed by whoever they contact that the person has a advance directive. I have no authority to legally make decisions for him.
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I'm not saying that a sub or slave should make a decision contrary to their owner's wishes, but that I would think a sub/slave would take an active role in trying to get their owner's desires done, and if needed, to make a decision based on what they know of their owner's desires
I would not be allowed to make medical decisions for him, I am not his wife nor his medical proxy. The active role per my owner I am to take is to make the calls I have been instructed to make. That is what I know about his wishes in regard to his healthcare. I know that he does not have a DNR or DNI, but as far as what decisons he wants made that is something he discussed with the person who has medical POA in the case of him beng unable to make decisions.
She can only make a *needed* decisions if they would ask her, without being his wife or his medical proxy, she won't be that person. She can scream it up and down the halls but legally she can't make decisions for him if she is not his wife or if she does not have medical POA. I would not even be allowed into the ICU(if he were there), nevermind be allowed to make decisions regarding his health.
I understand what you are saying and in cases where the slave is charged with making sure his wishes are followed she should do exactly as he wishes. My point was to illustrate not all slaves are put in the position to be able to make those decisions.
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