Right-to-die ruling begs the question: who will decide?
Wagner, L.
Modern Healthcare 20(43): 34-39
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 10113384 Document Number: 357918
The Supreme Court's first right-to-die ruling, in the Missouri case of Nancy Cruzan, upheld a standard requiring "clear and convincing" evidence of an incompetent patient's wishes before removing life support. But the ruling is anything but clear to providers. The vague ruling has left open to interpretation who can decide when to pull the plug, and under what circumstances.