Record #:

26253

Author(s):

McMorrow, Kathleen

Abstract:

The decision of whether to keep an incompetent patient alive or to end treatment is an ethical dilemma. Nancy Rhoden, a bioethicist and professor of law, believes doctors and hospitals, rather than families, should bear the burden of proof when it comes to court-ordered termination of medical treatment for incompetent patients.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Summer 1989, p19-20, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Law