title: Legal Briefing: Stopping Nonbeneficial Life-Sustaining Treatment without Consent.
abstract: In the United States, authoritative legal guidance remains sparse on whether or when clinicians may stop life-sustaining treatment without consent. Fortunately, several significant legislative and judicial developments over the past two years offer some clarity. We group these legal developments into the following seven categories: 1. Lawsuits for Damages 2. Amendments to the Texas Advance Directives Act 3. Constitutional Attack on TADA 4. Legislation Prohibiting Clinicians 5. Legislation Authorizing Clinicians 6. Cases from Canada 7. Cases from the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, Room 320, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105 USA. thaddeus.pope@mitchellhambline.edu.
authors.forename: Thaddeus Mason
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.affiliation: 1725 Elm Street SE, Apartment 201, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 USA. kristin.kemmerling@mitchellhamline.edu.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kemmerling
mesh_terms: D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007603:Jurisprudence; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*