Rozewicz v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

Last Friday in discussing this case I indicated that the issues before me dealing with the deceased’s refusal to accept blood transfusions raised some of the most difficult legal issues I have been faced with during my years on the Bench. Over the weekend I have read every case I could find on the subject. *44Interestingly, in one of the most recent cases I came across, Judge Senter, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, commenced his opinion in Munn v Southern Health Plan (719 F Supp 525, 526, mod…