How does patient autonomy

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How does patient autonomy apply to the following scenario and why is it important: someone has a stroke, comes to the hospital and becomes a vegetable, and the next of kin doesnt want to honor a possible living will that says to pull the plug because they are the proxy for the patient, even though the living will states to pull the plug.

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