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If a family member has a tumor affects cognition and refuse treatment, is there anything a doctor can do?
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Sometimes: The patient has to be declared mentally incompetent by a judge before a physician can do something -- unless it is an emergency, it which case two physicians can agree they are doing the best thing for a patient and treat. However, this does not sound like an emergency. Advanced care directives and health care directives try to cover this eventuality.
Answered 3/26/2013
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