Foregoing life-sustaining treatment for adult, developmentally disabled, public wards: a proposed statute.

McKnight, D K

Foregoing life-sustaining treatment for adult, developmentally disabled, public wards: a proposed statute. [electronic resource] - American journal of law & medicine 1992 - 203-32 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0098-8588


Adult
Advance Directives--legislation & jurisprudence
Coma--therapy
Consensus
Decision Making
Persons with Disabilities--legislation & jurisprudence
Ethics Committees, Clinical
Ethics, Medical
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Judicial Role
Life Support Care--legislation & jurisprudence
Mental Competency--legislation & jurisprudence
Palliative Care--standards
Patient Advocacy--legislation & jurisprudence
Right to Die--legislation & jurisprudence
Risk Assessment
Stress, Psychological
Terminal Care--legislation & jurisprudence
Treatment Refusal
United States
Withholding Treatment