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P.S. You can bring in hospice and if he improves, they will leave. That's not going to happen, but you can tell your mom that many people recover enough to go off hospice (which is true). The hospice people can work with her to accept what is going on.
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Does your dad have any kind of living will or advance care directive about his wishes for his end of life care? Is there a friend or a pastor who could talk to your mom about coming to terms with what his happening, since it sounds like she's not listening to you children?

And yes, what does your father say in all of this? Is he at all able to make his wishes known? I feel for all of you - it's a tough situation to go through. If the best hope with the experimental treatment is an additional three months and he's in terrible pain now, I don't see how it makes sense to prolong the inevitable.
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What does your dad want? Is he competent to express his wishes? Unless he is unable to express them, POA does not get to be the decision maker.
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BTW I can't edit my original post. The immunotherapy would extend his life 3-4 months in his current state. Would not "improve". More of a stopgap.
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