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Terminal Condition

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Terminal Condition
A condition caused by injury, disease or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, a patient cannot recover, and in which
(1) The patient’s death is imminent, or
(2) The patient is in a persistent vegetative state

terminal condition
Choice in dying A condition caused by injury, disease or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, a
Pt cannot recover, and 1. The Pt's death is imminent or 2. The Pt is in
a persistent vegetative state


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