Maybe you've been named guardian (of the person) for a family member, colleague, or friend. Maybe you've been listed as an agent in a health proxy. Maybe you're a family member with authority to make health care decisions (New York, like a number of other states, permits family members or others to make most health care decisions in at least some cases). How you got there is not the point, at least not for today. Today's question: how do you go about making decisions for someone else when you have been given the power - and responsibility - to do so?

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