Taking Advance Directives Seriously
Informed consent (Medical law)
Right to die
Terminally ill
Case Reports
Legislation & jurisprudence
Medical ethics
Legal status, laws
Medical care
Law and legislation
In the years since the landmark Karen Ann Quinlan case, an ethical, legal, and societal consensus supporting patients' rights to refuse life-sustaining treatment has become a cornerstone of bioethics. Patients now legally can write advance directives to govern their treatment decisions at a time of …
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