What role for surrogate decision makers?
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A statement on legislation concerning death and dying.
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Revisiting New York State's proposed surrogate decision-making legislation.
More than 2 years have passed since legislation was first proposed in New York to remedy the absence of legal authority for family members who must make important health care decisions for incapacitated loved ones who have left no advance directives. This legislation, the "Family Health Care Decisions Act," included standards for surrogate decision-making and safeguards for surrogate decisions about the use of life-sustaining treatments. This article argues in favor of the legislation and discusses the concerns presented in opposition.
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CHA amicus curiae brief on physician-assisted suicide. Catholic Health Association.
The Catholic Health Association of the United States submitted an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court last October in support of petitioners Dennis C. Vacco, attorney general of the state of New York (in the case Vacco v. Timothy E. Quill, MD, et at.), and the state of Washington (in State of Washington, et al. v. Harold Glucksberg, MD, et al.). The brief was filed as the Court agreed to hear arguments on the issue of whether terminally ill people have a constitutionally protected right to physician-assisted suicide. In January 1997 the petitioners went before the Court to argue appeals to federal appellate rulings that struck down New York and Washington laws making physician-assisted suicide a crime. The Court is expected to rule in late June.
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