Assertion: euthanasia's right | /r/CapableOf | refuse medical treatment
Facets:
value: in the united states
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Since 2012, the regulation of patients' rights creates the right to informed consent, which allows accepting or refusing any medical treatment.
text: The United States Supreme Court ruled that a competent person has a constitutionally protected right to refuse any medical treatment, but upholds Missouri's right to insist on clear and convincing evidence as to the wishes of patients who do not have decision-making capacity.
text: Refusing care: Right to refuse medical treatment is well recognised in law, including medical treatment that sustains or prolongs life.
text: Under Irish law, all adults have the right to refuse medical treatment, even if that treatment is required to save their life, as long as they have sufficient capacity (the ability to use and understand information to make a decision).
text: right to die The right to refuse medical treatment, even if that refusal would result in death.
text: Patients have the legal right to refuse medical treatment in the United States and in most other countries.
text: Here the court found that a competent patient had the right to refuse medical treatment, allowing for a patient to decide in cases of voluntary passive euthanasia (Gifford,
text: A patient has the right to refuse medical treatment, even if it results in the shorting of life, is legally permissible in most western countries.