title: Right-to-die damage actions: developments in the law.
abstract: This note traces the history of the "right-to-die" damage action. These are cases in which health care providers have been sued for providing unwanted life-sustaining treatment. After briefly describing the development of basic right-to-die law, the principle theories behind damage claims and the cases themselves are discussed, and the primary stumbling blocks are analyzed.
authors: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado.
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Miller
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States