title: Deciding right-to-die cases involving incompetent patients: Jones v. Saikewicz.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: Judith C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D003657:Decision Making; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D007938:Leukemia; D016743:Mental Competency; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D028701:Patient Rights; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D010819:Physician's Role; D018907:Privacy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012297:Right to Die; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment