must work diferently here as the doctors have the final say and can over ride the familys wishes
they placed a DNR order on my daughter when she was 5 months old and i was told specifically what they would and wouldnt do for her and nothing i said made a damn bit of difference
It does work differently here Robina. A hospital or doctor cannot override the wishes of the next of kin, or duly appointed person, without taking them to court for that right. That doesn't happen very often, though I do recall a few instances where a hospital took a family to court over treatment of a patient, I believe all that I know of were instances in which the family sought not to allow proper treatment and the hospital/doctors disagreed. I'm sure there have probably been cases to the contrary, but I don't know of any specifically.
That sucks about your daughter, I cannot imagine decisions about my child's life being made by someone other than me. That's mortifying.