Much of my blogging (and much of my scholarship) focuses on the situation in which healthcare providers want to refuse patient- or surrogate-requested life-sustaining treatment. But an equally or even more common situation is one in which clinicians provide life-sustaining treatment that the patient does not want. For example, the patient might be resuscitated contrary to her living will, advance directive, DNR order, or POLST. I started collecting these sorts of cases here.
I am preparing a comprehensive summary and assessment of legal liability for unwanted resuscitation in much the same manner that I did here for medical futility. I would greatly appreciate referral to relevant court cases, administrative sanctions, or other legal actions.
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