Department of law and ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12095253 |
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| Authors | ARTHUR ZUCKER (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-236 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481189108252425 |
| PMID | 10110549 |
| OpenAlex | W4250420595 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Nancy Cruzan has died. Her road to death wound through the Courts of Missouri and then the Supreme Court. Along the way, her case focused attention on the need for some version of a legally insured right to die. It also showed the gulf between legal rights and moral intuitions. Even after a Missouri judge allowed the withdrawal of her feeding tube, there were those who were anxious to have it replaced, feeling that letting her die was an immoral act. (The last issue of Death Studies, 15(l), discusses the state of Missouri allowing the case to go back to probate court, where three new witnesses convinced the judge that there was clear and convincing evidence that Nancy Cruzan would have wanted to die.)
Feeling · Political science · Probate · Right to die · Sociology · State (computer science · Supreme court · Ethics in medical practice · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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