Workmen's Circle Home & Infirmary v. Fink

OPINION OF THE COURT

Harold Tompkins, J.

In this proceeding, Marjorie Fink and Lois Weiner seek to be appointed the committee over the person of their mother, Terry Siegel, who is comatose and in a vegetative state, with *271the right to make all medical decisions on her behalf.1 They express the intention not to perform a gastrostomy to insert a feeding tube. They also seek the authority to remove the intravenous tube in place currently providing nutrition to Mrs. Siegel and to halt all antibiotic therapy. This matter raises significant legal and moral issues relating to the individual rights of…