title: Constitutional law--right of privacy--qualified right to refuse medical treatment may be asserted for incompetent under doctrine of substituted judgment.
authors.forename: Patricia K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002961:Civil Rights; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016743:Mental Competency; D033282:Parental Consent; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D018907:Privacy; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment