When the signed paperwork from the patient is presented to the doctor or the family knows the intentions of the patient. Not sure why anybody would want to watch a family member on machines. That’s cruel and sinful as well as selfish!!!
Retired R,N. with forty years of critical care experience. There are no easy or right answers. I once heard an M.D. say “we played God when we put him on a ventilator.” We have to support those who have to make the decisions. My elderly mother had to make the decision about her sister, it haunted her everyday.