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A 30-year-old man and his 10-year-old son
are injured in a train crash. Both of them need
surgery within the next 12 hours. The father is
clearly mentally competent but refuses the
surgery for both himself and his son. The
physician should
(A) get a court order for the surgery on the
child but do not operate on the father
(B) get a court order for the surgery fe - both
the father and child
© get permission for the surgery for both the
father and child from the mother
(D) have the father moved to another hospital
(E) follow the father's wishes and do not operate
on either the father or the son


here father can't withhold life saving surgery.
if immediate emegency go for surgery,otherwise get a court order for the child.