Hospitalized with advanced metastatic cancer

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You are caring for a man hospitalized with advanced metastatic cancer. He has declined further treatment, and he is aware that his disease may progress more rapidly. The patient is considered to have good decision-making capacity. Who should make the decision to terminate treatment for this patient?

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