Sem 2 # Writing Assignment : Skills & Values Exercise 8.1
A BILL
AN ACT concerning
A Right to Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment
WHEREAS, the individual right to refuse unwanted medical treatment is guaranteed by the substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the citizen’s life, preventing suicide, and safeguarding the family members’ and loved ones’ interest in a person’s life.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in ensuring the integrity of the medical professionals and their commitment to serving for the patient’s best interest.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the citizens against abuse and undue influence by the third party, therefore
BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
Section 1: A terminally ill person shall be able to exercise his right to remove life-saving systems, including but not limited to life-sustaining hydration and nutrition measures, or cease …show more content…
The state must carefully examine the evidence presented by the surrogate to safeguard the principal’s intent to terminate such treatments, and that his intent is reasonably believed to be true to the faith of that person at the time of the surrogate’s decision.
Section 4: The surrogate can show oral and/or written statements that reasonably support the principal’s wish to terminate medical treatments under the certain circumstances, along with the time frame in which the statements were given, his mental state, and other life events experienced by the principal that should be considered. Testimonies by family members and/or close friends, diaries, other traits of the principal may qualify if they are well recognized and appreciated by those who know the principal
A BILL
AN ACT concerning
A Right to Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment
WHEREAS, the individual right to refuse unwanted medical treatment is guaranteed by the substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the citizen’s life, preventing suicide, and safeguarding the family members’ and loved ones’ interest in a person’s life.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in ensuring the integrity of the medical professionals and their commitment to serving for the patient’s best interest.
WHEREAS, the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the citizens against abuse and undue influence by the third party, therefore
BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
Section 1: A terminally ill person shall be able to exercise his right to remove life-saving systems, including but not limited to life-sustaining hydration and nutrition measures, or cease …show more content…
The state must carefully examine the evidence presented by the surrogate to safeguard the principal’s intent to terminate such treatments, and that his intent is reasonably believed to be true to the faith of that person at the time of the surrogate’s decision.
Section 4: The surrogate can show oral and/or written statements that reasonably support the principal’s wish to terminate medical treatments under the certain circumstances, along with the time frame in which the statements were given, his mental state, and other life events experienced by the principal that should be considered. Testimonies by family members and/or close friends, diaries, other traits of the principal may qualify if they are well recognized and appreciated by those who know the principal