Maldonado v. R.J.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*466Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), entered December 22, 2011, which, in a special proceeding brought pursuant to Public Health Law § 2994-r (1), upon findings that respondent patient lacks the capacity to make a reasoned decision with respect to the medical treatment recommended by his physicians and that such treatment is in respondent’s best interests, authorized petitioner doctor to arrange for major medical treatment under section 2994-g (4), including performing a right lower extremity amputation and all associated procedures upon respondent, unanimously…
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