title: When vitalism is dead wrong: the discrimination against and torture of incompetent patients by compulsory life-sustaining treatment.
authors.affiliation: Albany Law School, USA.
authors.forename: Alicia R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ouellette
mesh_terms: D003068:Coercion; D003657:Decision Making; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D009518:New York; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000941:ethics; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D014799:Vitalism