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High-profile complex cases such as Terri Schiavo, Karen Quinlan, and Brittany Maynard have been in the news for years as end-of-life issues and decision making in the absence of clear advanced directives being on file. Most of these complex cases ultimately rely on an ethics committee, and/or legal, court, and judge recommendations on how to proceed. If you were the CEO of the organization that cared for a patient similar to Terri Schiavo, Karen Quinlan, or Brittany Maynard, what issues would you consider most critical for your ethics committee to consider in that case and why?High-profile complex cases such as Terri Schiavo, Karen Quinlan, and Brittany Maynard have been in the news for years as end-of-life issues and decision making in the absence of clear advanced directives being on file. Most of these complex cases ultimately rely on an ethics committee, and/or legal, court, and judge recommendations on how to proceed. If you were the CEO of the organization that cared for a patient similar to Terri Schiavo, Karen Quinlan, or Brittany Maynard, what issues would you consider most critical for your ethics committee to consider in that case and why?

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