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The definition of clinical remission is a lack of symptoms. Endoscopically this translates into mucosal healing. For further reading please see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277196/

if a person does not have the capacity to make an informed decision for surgery (ie he is delirious, or he is in an acute psychotic state and was suicidal), then his refusal is not valid. if it's life threatening, the doctor will be obligated to perform a life saving procedure. If it's not life...