title: Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Lessons from Nancy Cruzan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Fairman
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008923:Missouri; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment