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642 documents for life-sustaining procedures

- Living Will Declaration Relative to the use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Wills & Estates
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- Living Will Declaration Relative to the use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Wills & Estates
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- Document Streamlines Medical Care Wishes
illinois and wisconsin Illinois law provides for patients to set advance directives, informing health-care providers about their medical decisions if the patients are no longer able to make them. Illinois also provides for a health care power of attorney, enabling patients to choose someone to make their decisions for them, should they become incapacitated. Wisconsin law provides for both living wills and health-care power of attorney. The living will makes it possible for adults to state their preferences for life-sustaining procedures and feeding tubes in the event the patient is in a terminal condition or persistent vegetative state. Sources: Illinois Dept. of Public Health, Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services A new document crafted by a terminally ill patient and a medical provider t...
- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- January 08, 2013

- Cruzan v. Director, Mo. Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
... the withdrawal of death-prolonging procedures, and that Cruzan's expression to a former housemat...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- For-Profit Murder
Sarah Palin's recent fantasy regarding a government "death panel" that would have decided the fate of her Down syndrome child is, of course, entirely the product of her own imagination. No such nonsense appears in any of the health-care reform bills making their way through Congress. Her comments do remind us, however, that health-care reform can quite literally be a matter of life or death. And unelected bureaucrats have indeed taken health-care choices from families, patients and doctors. They're just not employed by the federal government but by private health insurance companies. Consider this: If someone without insurance becomes ill, that illness becomes a pre-existing condition, and that patient becomes uninsurable. Given the cost of health care, it's likely many such patients pu...
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- August 12, 2009
- Pettis v. Smith and Braddock in the Louisiana Court of Appeal.
... die whether or not life-sustaining procedures are utilized, and that the application of such pro...
- Issues in Law & Medicine
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 3, March 2005
- 21 CFR 860.93 - Classification of implants, life-supporting or life-sustaining devices.
... 860: MEDICAL DEVICE CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES. Subpart B: Classification. 860.93 - Classificati...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs
- The Best Time To Review Your Estate Plan? Right Now.
... of medical and life-sustaining procedures. You can state your wish to be an organ donor or t...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011
- The Best Time To Review Your Estate Plan? Right Now.
... of medical and life-sustaining procedures. You can state your wish to be an organ donor or t...
- APP Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Issues Related to Heparin Crisis and Actions to Ensure Uninterrupted Safe Supply.
... instituted rigorous quality testing procedures on its heparin raw materials which exceeded the Un...
- Business Wire
- May 15, 2008