Let us say that Mrs. C is receiving artificial nutrition and hydration, and is on a ventilator. Using the principles of
beneficence and proportionate means, explain whether these treatments would be ordinary or extraordinary;
and, in light of your conclusion to that question, state what you would do if you were actually Mrs. C’s
family, appropriately using the principle of proportionate means (i.e., not what you “personally feel” you would
do, but rather what should be done using the PPM). Be sure to include, in applying these principles, what the
available goals of medicine are for Mrs. C