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Article: AMA files brief in Supreme Court case regarding withdrawal of medical treatment. (American Medical Association, Cruzan vs. Director of Missouri Department of Health, artificial feeding)
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- August 30, 1989
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AMA FILES BRIEF IN SUPREME COURT CASE
REGARDING WITHDRAWAL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT
CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first case of its kind to be heard by the Supreme Court, the American Medical Association (AMA) will file on Friday, Sept. 1, an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Cruzan v. Director of Missouri Department of Health, urging the court to decide that patients who are permanently unconscious have a constitutional right to have all medical treatment withdrawn.
The case involves the petition by Nancy Cruzan's family for permission to discontinue the use of a surgically implanted ...