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Nutrition And Hydration Under Ohio's Dpah: Judicial Misconstruction Threatens The Right To Choose Death With Dignity, June Mary Zekan Makdisi
Nutrition And Hydration Under Ohio's Dpah: Judicial Misconstruction Threatens The Right To Choose Death With Dignity, June Mary Zekan Makdisi
Cleveland State Law Review
Recent count indicates that 10,000 Americans now remain, for whatever reason, in an incurable and persistent vegetative condition, trapped in a state of life made possible by aggressive life support systems. A dilemma exists: How do these non-cognitive individuals fit into the legal definitions of life and death? What rights do they, their guardians, or others have in decisions concerning artificial life support, including nutrition and hydration? To resolve the dilemma, a policy based on sound reasoning needs to be established in Ohio to determine if and when the termination of life support, including nutrition and hydration, can occur. Recently, …