At Law
Foreclosing the Use of Force: A. C. Reversed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7531729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George J Annas (0000-0001-5836-7831, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 27-27 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562763 |
| PMID | 2211083 |
| OpenAlex | W1770519000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
On April 26, 1990, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated\ndecisions that had allowed an emergency cesarean to be performed on A.C., who\nwas 26-1/2 weeks pregnant and near death from cancer. The hospital had\nrequested legal intervention despite agreement among A.C.'s family and\nphysicians to honor her wishes to be made comfortable as she died. Annas\nsummarizes the court decision that found that the lower court erred in\nweighing A.C.'s interests against the state's interests in her fetus rather\nthan determining if A.C. were competent to decide about a cesarean section. \nIf A.C. had been found incompetent, the court should have applied the\nsubstituted judgment doctrine to determine her wishes. Annas discusses the\nimportance of
Doctrine · Honor · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Psychiatry · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2010 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |