Life, Death, and Advocacy: Rules of Procedure in the Contested End-of- Life Case

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  • Michael P. Allen
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We live in an amazing time. Advances in medicine and technology have given doctors the power to save lives that would almost certainly have been lost in the past. But such advances in life-saving techniques have their downsides as well. As numerous courts have recognized, doctors now have the power to preserve life—or at least the physiological attributes of life—past the point at which many of us would care to live. As medical professionals’ ability to preserve life increases, so do conflicts concerning

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تاریخ انتشار 2005