Margaret

“it's that kind of chugging back and forth in how you proceed with medical decisions”

“when we were on the road, we’ve got the family all together. Then the decision maker, the healthcare power of attorney steps away because her agenda is different than the patient and the other family members (about the future health care decisions). The family is saying how they really want comfort, care, to allow the natural course of illness, and you know, a good end of life. And the other family members say no, and that's that break of the trust you know? When you have a surrogate decision maker, you're saying “I'm trusting you to make the decisions that I would make in the situation”. And this family member is saying “no, I'm going off on my own. I'm making the decisions and it's my thing.”

“It would feel like a tug of war between the family and the person, but this is kind of where we want to be. The other person who is the legal decision maker, pulling it “No, it's my way”. You know, when you have that kind of back and forth.”

“the chessboard that was kind of… it was the tension or the conflict between the family member who's making the decisions and the other person, the patient and maybe the other family member. That's not where we are, but you're the decision maker. So yeah, check”

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