Refusal of life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill incompetent patients: court orders and an alternative.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D002961:Civil Rights; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005190:Family; D005610:Freedom; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D018529:Nutritional Support; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D010820:Physicians; D018907:Privacy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012015:Reference Standards; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach; Professional Patient Relationship