Right to Die

  • Read more: The End of Dramatic Legal Saga: French Patient Vincent Lambert has Died
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    The End of Dramatic Legal Saga: French Patient Vincent Lambert has Died

    By Audrey Lebret There are few cases as publicized in France as the story of Vincent Lambert, a patient in a vegetative state whose fate deeply divided his family. On June 28, 2019, the Cour de Cassation signed the last substantial decision of the Vincent Lambert case, after six years of proceedings. The patient died…

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  • Read more: California the latest to pass a Death with Dignity law, 5th in US
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    California the latest to pass a Death with Dignity law, 5th in US

    Medical personnel are trained to “first do no harm.” In end-of-life treatment, that simple directive can be difficult to interpret, and the legal landscape has evolved in the United States over the past 25 years. In 1990, the US Supreme Court ruled that physicians and other health care providers could withhold medical treatment at the…