Biomedical subjects
Michael Wreen
Publications and source records attributed to Michael Wreen.
The definition of euthanasia.
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J. Skelly Wright and refusal of treatment.
This article is a critical analysis of Judge J. Skelly Wright's "Application of President and Directors of Georgetown College." Wright's paper concerns the refusal of a Mrs. Jones to allow a blood transfusion needed to save her life and Wright's decision, based on a number of social, medical, legal, religious, and psychological facts, to permit the transfusion. The presentation is a close paraphrase of Wright's own case write-up. Critical expositions of five arguments explicitly advanced by Wright for his decision to allow a transfusion are given, as are attempts to track down other justifying reasons he may have had for his decision.