The Missouri Supreme Court decision on Nancy Cruzan is, in my judgment, so bad that it
may prove to be pedagogically useful. It is muddled, confused and/or downright wrong on …

Perhaps no decision in recent bioethical memory has stirred such philosophical and
jurisprudential debate as the United States Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Director …

On June 25, 1990, the US Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the case of
Nancy Cruzan, the first" right to die" case to come before it. The purpose of this statement is …

Cruzan v Director ofMissouri Department ofPublic Health, the American Medical Association
has filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize such a right …

What a difference a year makes. AS I write this, one year has passed since June 25, 1990,
when the Supreme Court for the first time addressed an issue that has been one of the major …

Gastrostomy feeding of Nancy Cruzan does notharm her. A permanently vegetative patient
does not have interests that can be harmed. Even critics of the decision agree that she does …

In Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 1 a case of first impression, the
Supreme Court considered whether the United States Constitution guarantees a comatose …

Medical technology has effectively created a twilight zone of suspended animation where
death commences while life, in some form, continues. Some patients, however, want no part …

How can one be a health care professional in Missouri today? What does one say to the
family of a very sick elderly person? Does one actually acknowledge that every life …

On March 9, 1988, we started trial on Nancy Cruzan's case in the three-story limestone
courthouse on the town square in Carthage, Missouri. One of the many issues we'd end up …