Constitutional law--right to refuse medical treatment--decisions to terminate life-prolonging treatment for incompetent patients--In re Spring, No. 2030 (Mass. order of Jan. 14, 1980).
D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008404:Massachusetts; D016743:Mental Competency; D010820:Physicians; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012297:Right to Die; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; In re Spring; Legal Approach; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court