Criminal law--homicide--removal of intravenous feeding line from vegetative, comatose patient at family's request is not murder.  Barber v. Superior Court, 147 Cal. App. 3d 1006, 195 Cal. Rptr. 484 (1983)
D001926:Brain Death; D001927:Brain Diseases; D001930:Brain Injuries; D002140:California; D003416:Criminal Law; D003657:Decision Making; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008020:Life Support Care; D018529:Nutritional Support; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D010820:Physicians; D012015:Reference Standards; D012297:Right to Die; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Barber v. Superior Court; Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach