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- W2289656598 abstract "principle. Given the choice between a peaceful natural death and an incomprehensibly painful prolongation of the dying process, courts should not overrule guardian-physician-family decisions that withholding of treatment is the least detrimental alternative for the That decision, reluctantly arrived at to be sure, far from degrading life or devaluating the social worth of such patients is an expression of the highest respect for life and individual dignity. As the New Jersey Supreme Court observed in the Quinlan case: Physicians ... have sometimes refused to treat the hopeless and dying as if they were curable ... . think these attitudes represent a balanced implementation of a profoundly realistic perspective on the meaning of life and death and that they respect the whole Judeo-Christian tradition of respect for human life . 19 Supreme Judicial Court Ruling On December 5, 1977 the Supreme Judicial Court released its long awaited opinion on the Saikewicz case. The Court chose to focus on three issues: the right of any person, competent or incompetent to decline life-prolonging treatment; the legal standard for non-competents; and the procedure to be followed in arriving at such a decision. Interestingly, the opinion, which is destined to be influential, controversial, and widely debated, began with the admission that existing legal doctrine was unable to resolve the novel issues raised in the case. The Court, admitting that the law necessarily lags behind the most advanced thinking in every area, turned to the reflections of health . care, theology, moral ethics, and philosophy for guidance and insight on how to deal with terminally ill patients. One positive result is that for the first time in a major court opinion we find an acceptance of the distinction long used in medical ethics between ordinary and extraordinary means: We should not use extraordinary means of prolonging life or its semblance when, after careful consideration ... it becomes apparent that there is no hope of recovery for the patient. 20 Further, the Court concurred with the Quinlan court in adopting the Ramsey /Kubler-Ross thesis that we can and ought to distinguish between curing the ill and comforting and easing the dying. It 244 Linacre Quarterly" @default.
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- W2289656598 title "Withholding of life-supporting treatment from the mentally incompetent." @default.
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