JOURNAL OF LAW AND HEALTH, Volume 7: Pages 107-130. (1992)

 

COMPELLED MEDICAL PROCEDURES INVOLVING
MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS AND MISAPPLICATION OF
THE SUBSTITUTED JUDGMENT DOCTRINE

Lynn E. Lebit

                        
   I. Introduction............................................107

  II. The Theory of Substituted Judgment......................109
 III. The Doctrine of Informed Consent........................111
  IV. Misapplication of the Substituted Judgment Doctrine ....112
      A. Compelled Organ and Tissue Donation..................112

      B. Compulsory Sterilization.............................119
      C. Refusal and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment..122
   V. Confusion Between Best Interests and Substituted
      Judgment................................................125

  VI. Development of a New Standard...........................127
 VII. Conclusion..............................................129
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