Assertion: euthanasia's consent | /r/HasProperty | obtained
Facets:
value: from the competent patient
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: she is unlikely to make a recovery; the patient must give express consent to stopping treatment, and this consent must be obtained and preserved prior to death.
text: The Supreme Court of the United States has not dealt with "quality of life issues" or "futility issues" and appears to only condone active or passive "euthanasia" (not legally defined) when there is clear and convincing evidence that informed consent to the euthanasia, passive or active, has been obtained from the competent patient or the legal surrogate of the incompetent patient.[citation needed]
text: The patient must give express consent to stopping treatment, and this consent must be obtained and preserved prior to death.