Guardian’s Ability to Make End-of-Life Decisions in Health Care, Part II: The National Landscape
Author: Rose Mary Bailly.
Source: Volume 14, Number 02, July/August 2011 , pp.17-20(4)
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Abstract:
The American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging calls the authority of a guardian to make health-care decisions “perhaps one of the most controversial or ‘hottest’ topics in the guardianship arena.” As noted in Part I of this article, many significant health-care issues may confront a guardian, such as involuntary commitment, involuntary medication with psychotropic drugs, and organ donation.Keywords: evolution of Informed Consent and end-of-life decision-making; legislation governing end-of-life decision-making by surrogate decision-makers; guardianship statutes
Affiliations:
1: Government Law Center of Albany Law School.