Legal Opinion
In re Westchester County Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1988PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
Mary O’Connor is an elderly hospital patient who, as a result of several strokes, is mentally incompetent and unable to obtain food or drink without medical assistance. In this dispute between her daughters and the hospital the question is whether the hospital should be permitted to insert a nasogastric tube to provide her with sustenance or whether, instead, such medical intervention should be precluded and she should be allowed to die because, prior to becoming incompetent, she made several statements to the effect that she did not want to be a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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