Right to Refuse Treatment

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The doctrine that a person, even if involuntarily committed to a hospital, cannot be forced to submit to any treatment against his will unless a life-and-death emergency exists

right to refuse treatment

Forensic medicine A doctrine that a person, even if involuntarily committed to a hospital, may not be forced to submit to any treatment against his will unless a life-and-death emergency exists

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Patient Self-Determination Act right			Patients have a right to refuse treatment, but there is no law that allows them to state what treatment they would wish to receive if they lose consciousness. Vatican anger over euthanasia bid by Aljazeera.net Bioethics expert Arthur Caplan told Connecticut's Hartford Superior Court: "In my opinion, a competent adult like Mr Coleman has the right to refuse treatment. MERSEY MAN'S FORCE-FEEDING 'UNETHICAL' by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Treatment Refusal The right to refuse treatment is another end-of-life decision you will need to make. Palliative Care and Other End of Life Plans by Ben Anton / Humanities, general community			right colic flexure right colic vein right colon displacement right common carotid artery right coronary artery right coronary vein right gastric vein right gastro-omental vein right heart right heart catheterization right hepatic duct right inferior pulmonary vein right interventricular artery right lobe of liver right lower quadrant right lymphatic duct right of action right ovarian vein right ovarian vein syndrome right part of liver right pulmonary artery right subclavian artery right suprarenal vein right testicular vein right thoracic duct Right to Refuse Treatment Right to Treatment right umbilical vein right upper quadrant right ventricle right ventricular dysplasia right ventricular failure right ventricular hypertrophy right ventricular opening right ventricular thrust right-brained right-eyed right-footed right-hand rule right-handed right-handedness Right-heart cardiac catherization right-heart failure right-sided failure right-sided heart failure right-to-die right-to-know laws right-to-left shunt rightangle forceps righting reactions righting reflex			Right to move Right to move Right to New Version Right to own property Right to own property Right to own property Right to own property Right to own property right to personal things Right to Play right to precedence right to preference right to privacy right to privacy right to privacy right to privacy right to privacy right to profits accruing Right to property Right to property Right to property Right to property Right to property Right to Protect Right to quiet enjoyment Right to quiet enjoyment Right to quiet enjoyment Right to quiet enjoyment Right to Rebel right to recovery Right to Refuse Treatment right to relief Right to remain silent Right to Repair Right to Repair Campaign Right to resist occupation Right to resist occupation Right to resist occupation right to retain Right to return Right to Rule Right to self-determination Right to self-determination Right to self-determination right to settle issues Right to silence Right to Specific Performance Right to Specific Performance Right to Specific Performance right to speedy and public trial by jury Right to Sue right to the pursuit of happiness Right to Treatment Right to Treatment Right to Trial by an Impartial Jury Right to Turban Right to Use right to views right to vote right to vote right to vote

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