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...guidelines worked fine, but now that's all out the window," Charles A. Sanders, director of Massachusetts General Hospital, said, adding that he thought Rabkin's proposals were no longer relevant in the light of the judicial decision...
...guidelines, Rabkin defines "incompetents" as patients unable to make "rational" decisions...
...Rabkin, the author of the guidelines, is now meeting with legal counsel employed by the hospital in order to revise the guidelines which he will then submit once again to the hospital's resuscitation committee for approval...
...court ruled that life-and-death decisions determining when to resuscitate incompetent patients must be made in a court of law, Rabkin said...
...Rabkin's proposals evolved from the Law and Ethics Working Group, part of a faculty seminar on the Analysis of Health and Medical Practices at the School of Public Health. Rabkin discussed his ideas with other members of the group and sought their opinions and advice...