Constitutional law--husband, as guardian of comatose wife, has standing to assert her constitutional right to refuse medical care... Severns v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc., 421 A.2d 1334 (Del. 1980)
D002961:Civil Rights; D003657:Decision Making; D003691:Delaware; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D012297:Right to Die; D018454:Spouses; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach; Professional Patient Relationship; Severns v. Wilmington Medical Center