[Expert Solution]: You are taking care of Mrs

You are taking care of Mrs. H., a 90-year-old patient with gastrointestinal bleeding. She has developed numerous complications and now requires mechanical ventilation. She is unresponsive to nurses and family members. She has been in the hospital for two weeks and has required a transfusion nearly every day to sustain adequate hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. Her prognosis is poor. Before this hospitalization, she lived independently in her own home. Her children tell you they are tired of seeing their mother suffer.