This page collects court decisions and complaints concerning clinician administration of life-sustaining treatment contrary to the instructions of the patient's advance directive or surrogate. I have also assessed the trend of these cases in several articles and book chapters cited on this page. A separate page collects regulatory actions.
The trend in enforement was also covered twice by the New York Times and the Boston Globe.
Paula Span, "The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing" NEW YORK TIMES (April 10, 2017).
Paula Span, "Filing Suit for Wrongful Life" NEW YORK TIMES (January 22, 2021).
Mark Arsenault, "Hospital Staff Revived a Man’s Stopped Heart — and He Sued" BOSTON GLOBE (December 26, 2020).
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