"Two Steps Forward, One Step Back": An Analysis of New Jersey's Latest "Right-To-Die" Decisions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1988

ISSN

0277-318X

Language

en-US

Abstract

Virginia is for lovers, California is for surfers, and apparently New Jersey is for those seeking "death with dignity."' At least that was the initial media reaction to a trilogy of right-to-die cases recently decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Unfortunately, for those seeking clear answers to difficult questions of biomedical ethics, the rights of both competent and incompetent patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment are not nearly as well-settled in New Jersey as the media accounts suggest. Moreover, far from reasserting itself as a "leader" in right-to-die litigation, the New Jersey Supreme Court continues to impose limitations beyond those required by most other state courts.

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