NY court issues 'right-to-die' guidelines.
The Eichner case may be as important as the Quinlan case for physicians who deal with irreversibly comatose patients. Physicians in New York state must now follow the guidelines set down by the court in the Eichner case, and physicians in other states should be concerned that these kinds of guidelines could be imposed in their states.
D003657:Decision Making; D005065:Euthanasia; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009518:New York; D011367:Professional Staff Committees