Saikewicz Medical Ethics

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The Saikewicz Decision: Judges as Physicians | NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197803022980910

IT is a fundamental canon of medical ethics that physicians should begin treatment only with the consent of the patient, except in emergencies, when they are expected to take …

Reconciling Quinlan and Saikewicz: decision making for …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/507056/

The differences in how the opinions are perceived result from the interplay of several factors: the differences in the facts of the cases; the inarticulate use of the term "ethics …

Quality of Life | Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to …

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?sectionid=88812622

Joseph Saikewicz was a 67-year-old man who had been institutionalized for severe developmental disability since he was one year old. His mental age was estimated at less …

The case of Joseph Saikewicz - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11664987/

The case of Joseph Saikewicz . 1979 Mar;28 (3):45-46+. Author George J Annas PMID: 11664987 No abstract available MeSH terms Decision Making Ethics Committees Ethics …

Reconciling Quintan and Saikewicz: Decision …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D38824576A953FE78AD1C94A04EA9CCE/S0098858800012892a.pdf/reconciling-quintan-and-saikewicz-decision-making-for-the-terminally-ill-incompetent.pdf

Joseph Saikewicz was a 67-year-old man with an I.Q. of 10 and a mental age of about three years when, on April 19, 1976, he was diagnosed as having acute myeloblastic monocytic …

The Saikewicz Decision and Patient Autonomy

https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1513&context=lnq

On April 19, 1976, Joseph Saikewicz, a 67-year-old mentally retarded person with an LQ. of 10 and a mental age of approximately two years and eight months, was diagnosed as …

Who speaks for incompetent patients? The case of …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10239592/

Abstract. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in the Saikewicz case, has said that decisions to withhold or to withdraw life-prolonging treatment from terminally ill, …

Has Faith in Health Care Ethics Consultants Gone …

https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1318&context=mulr

HEALTH CARE ETHICS CONSULTANTS her present comatose condition to a cognitive, sapient state, the present life-support system may be withdrawn and said action shall be …

Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz

https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/health-law/health-law-keyed-to-furrow/life-and-death-decisions/superintendent-of-belchertown-state-school-v-saikewicz/

Saikewicz (Defendant) was incompetent from birth, and the issue arose as to whether he was required to receive lifesaving medical treatment. Synopsis of Rule of Law. A person …

The Saikewicz decision: a medical viewpoint - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/736045/

The Saikewicz decision: a medical viewpoint Am J Law Med. 1978 Fall;4 (3):233-42. Author A S Relman PMID: 736045 Publication types Case Reports MeSH terms Aged …

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