Courts continue to wrestle with the Wanglie and the Lawrance cases.
The deaths of Helga Wanglie in Minneapolis and Sue Ann Lawrance in Indiana have not affected the intensity of debate over nor the pursuit of resolutions to the issues their cases have raised. The following is an update of where these cases stand, in addition to a summary of a new New York law that extends the DNR concept to persons at home and in the community.
D003128:Coma; D003657:Decision Making; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008910:Minnesota; D009518:New York; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*