It all depends, but if I was the one in the bed, and had a greater chance of not waking up, Id want someone to pull the plug on me. Having my family suffer is the last thing I want to do.
i SAW two ECD's flatline on me..... and believe me.... it really is painful to see the long bottom line and hear that cold monotone echoing all over the room.... one was my best friend and the second was my friends bf and also one of our crew....
even if that person is currently out.... it doesnt mean that you have to pull the plug since they say its life and death....
If I did it it would be after a year. I would give a year for the person to come back to me before I decided anything. It would be a huge ass mix of feelings doing it and I would probably never be the same after it.
I'd say there's a big difference between pulling the plug and not being able to afford to care for the person. See if you can't figure out a way to make the person a ward of the state or something. If you can't find a solution and really can't afford it, just tell the hospital that you can't pay the bill. Then it's their decision whether to pull the plug.
if the person did not have any wishes or things to do if this situation would occur i would not pull the plug. given that the person is in no pain being in that state. i would only pull the plug if the person was legally brain dead or something. but i doubt i, or the person would have money to pay for the hospital bills. so it might not even be my choice in the end.
I could never do that, anyway it's not really my decision to make, the persons family should decide, also they could end up like john smith from the dead zone