Patient Care Consulting Subcommittee

Charge

The subcommittee is available to:

• Designate a non-related surrogate for health care decisions for patients who are not capable decision makers and who have no surrogate available.   The designated surrogates are friends of the patient who know the patient and his/her values, preferences, etc.  These surrogates are not permitted to make decisions regarding withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy (see MC Policy 0024).
• Allow the decision of the patients' agent for health care decisions over the patient's refusal after the subcommittee has affirmed and documented that the provision, continuation, withholding or withdrawing of the health care is ethically acceptable (see MC Policy 0191).

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