In re Eichner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*434OPINION OF THE COURT
Mollen, P. J.
This appeal concerns the right of a terminally patient in a comatose and essentially vegetative staté to have extraordinary life-sustaining measures discontinued, and thereby to permit the process of death to run its natural course. The case raises issues which involve not only the life of the patient, but the interest of the State in maintaining that life. The issues are not difficult to frame, but their resolution will have a profound and far-reaching impact in a world where advances in medical technology sometimes blur the distinction between life and…
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