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…or mentally incapacitated. A 1991 law called The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) requires hospitals and nursing homes to tell patients about their right to refuse medical treatment. People can put anything in their advance directives. Some people list…

…communicate wishes because the person is permanently unconscious or mentally incapacitated. A 1991 law called The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) requires hospitals and nursing homes to tell patients about their right to refuse medical treatment…

…, misunderstanding and the legal position in our society, people who have good reason to seek a medically assisted or induced death are unable to obtain it. They may have to endure periods of intolerable suffering, often with unwanted total dependency on others. Many…

…, misunderstanding and the legal position in our society, people who have good reason to seek a medically assisted or induced death are unable to obtain it. They may have to endure periods of intolerable suffering, often with unwanted total dependency on others. Many…

…compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations of this state. This practice is strongly committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct in every aspect of its dealings with its employees, patients, communities, suppliers and all other contacts…

…to growing up physically and mentally healthy in a culture that is almost uniformly anti-homosexual. Often, these youth face an increased risk of medical and psychosocial problems, caused not by their sexual orientation, but by society's extremely negative…

…preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a BA degree in history from Harvard in only three years. After doing that, he studied law at New York’s Columbia University and at the age of twenty-five, he passed the bar examination; he left the school without…

…. While the common law gives every competent person the right to refuse medical treatment, in practice such a right is often overridden. A person may be certified as mentally incompetent if he or she refuses treatment, which the attending medical professionals…

…” (Scott 59). Do teens that are subjected to peer pressure use of marijuana truly understand the consequences of their actions? A 1998 survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concluded that “Marijuana use among young people increased…

…arrested (Rice, 187). The appellants were tried in the state court and decided that the state laws contradicted several rights in the constitution. The two Connecticut laws state: “Any person who uses any drug, medical article or instrument for the purpose…