Making Medical Decisions

Ms. Gorgonia Nazianzus ought to have her daughter, Philippa, as a surrogate when the time comes to make medical decisions that she will be unable to make on her own. P lives a couple of hours away and has visited her mother at least once a month unlike Nonna, who has not visited in the last two decades. Also, GN had the confidence in confiding to P that she did not want to be hooked up to machines for the rest of her life and that shows GN has a great amount of trust in P. Although the surgeon has suggested that GN be put on a ventilator, they have suggested it as a temporary treatment and have predicted in confidence that GN will eventually wake up from her coma. There is no saying what GN’s cognitive status will be but, without the feeding tube and without treatment for her pneumonia it would kill her. There is a clear difference between letting patient die and killing a patient. B and C explain that there are two cases in which a patient …show more content…
I believe that P would make decisions that the patient would have wanted and there has already been a conversation about GN’s wishes. Any other candidate being a surrogate could potentially harm GN and could also make medicals calls based on what they want. It is likely that GN will get pneumonia again and I think it would be in her best interest to assign a know surrogate when she wakes from her comatose state. P is more than capable of making medical decisions when it comes to her mother. P should continue the recommended care of the feeding tube and the aggressive pneumonia treatment. I advise this because GN is not terminal and is predicted to wake up from her coma. I strongly believe that P is the right surrogate for GN and will keep the wishes of the patient in mind when making medical decisions but, will also know the right call about things that have yet to be discussed when it comes to