title: In the shadow of Karen Quinlan.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care; D016743:Mental Competency; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D010819:Physician's Role; D011788:Quality of Life; D012922:Social Change; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D019452:Terminally Ill; D028761:Withholding Treatment