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In re A.C. (Substituted judgment for incompetent pregnant patient)

Posted by paul on April 13, 2005, 12:03 pm
68.6.36.93

Issues in Law & Medicine; 12/22/1990; Bourke, Leon H. HELD: If a pregnant patient is incompetent or otherwise unable to give an informed consent to medical treatment, then her decision must be ascertained through substituted judgment. The patient's wishes, once they are ascertained, must be followed in "virtually all cases," unless there are "truly extraordinary or compelling reasons to override them." click on link for more

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