title: In re Quinlan: a synthesis of law and medical technology.
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Baime
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D002961:Civil Rights; D003643:Death; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008020:Life Support Care; D016224:Living Wills; D009515:New Jersey; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D018907:Privacy; D011640:Public Policy; D013219:State Government; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D014019:Tissue Donors; D028761:Withholding Treatment