The nancy cruzan case

Loretta M. Kopelman; Robert L. Schwartz; Pam Lambert; Larry Gostin; Charles L. Sprung; George J. Annas

doi:10.1056/NEJM199102213240812

The nancy cruzan case

Loretta M. Kopelman, Robert L. Schwartz, Pam Lambert, Larry Gostin, Charles L. Sprung, George J. Annas

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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To the Editor: I agree with the articles by Annas and others (Sept. 6 issue)^1,2 on the problems in the Cruzan opinion, but I would like to suggest another way in which this decision is out of touch with medical reality. The Supreme Court in Cruzan found that the standards of best interest and substituted judgment for medical decision making are distinct and that the states may set the level of evidence needed to meet the standard of substituted judgment. In contrast, physicians do not treat these standards as entirely distinct, especially when risks are high. The more physicians believe.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	561-562
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	324
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199102213240812
State	Published - Feb 21 1991

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