Abstract
It is now a little more than a decade since the Quinlan decision [1]. The issue of terminating medical treatments to patients, especially incompetent patients, is, in many ways, more pressing today than it was in 1976; it confronts more physicians more often, and involves more types of medical interventions. The ever increasing number of legal decisions and changes in prevailing guidelines may confuse physicians about which practices are acceptable and which are not. This review attempts to clarify some of the current ethical and legal standards for withholding and withdrawing medical care from patients.
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