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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

ISSN

0028-4793

Publisher

Massachusetts Medical Society

Language

en-US

Abstract

The right to refuse treatment is firmly recognized in U.S. law. Competent persons have the legal right to refuse treatment, even life-sustaining treatment, and incompetent patients can also refuse treatment through an advance directive, by naming a health care agent to make decisions for them or by having a person who knows their wishes express them.

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From The New England Journal of Medicine, George J. Annas, Forcible Medication for Courtroom Competence: The Case of Charles Sell, Volume 350, Page 2297 Copyright ©(2004) Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.

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