Our assigned reading titled The Committee, left me perplexed and questioning myself about the decision I would make if I were part of the committee. After reading Patrick’s case, and learning he was diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease, which is a disease of the digestive tract, and after reading about the numerous surgeries this fifteen year old had been under, making a decision to continue trying to keep him alive and try to find a cure is difficult. If I were to be part of the committee I will have to consider the patient’s opinion, maybe as him, “Patrick, do you want to keep fighting for your life?” because if the patient has the encouragement to keep going, it usually helps out. Lisa Belkin mentions that Patrick went through many surgeries
