Quinlan decision

Japanese: クインラン判決 - くいんらんはんけつ
Quinlan decision

…Even among those who oppose active euthanasia, there are many who support dignified death and natural death. In the United States, since the Quinlan decision (also known as the Cullen case, 1976), which ruled that patients in a vegetative state have the right to refuse life-prolonging measures based on the constitutional "right to privacy," many court cases have recognized this type of dignified death. The aforementioned "Tokai University Euthanasia Case" decision also stated that "the discontinuation of life-prolonging medical treatment" based on the patient's presumed wishes is lawful. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the Quinlan decision are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…積極的安楽死に反対する論者にも,尊厳死・自然死を肯定するものが多い。アメリカでは,植物状態にある患者には,憲法上の〈プライバシーの権利〉に由来する延命措置拒絶権があるとしたクインラン判決(いわゆるカレン事件,1976)以来,このような尊厳死を認める判例が多く出ている。前述の〈東海大学安楽死事件〉判決も,患者の推定的意思にもとづく〈延命医療の中止〉は合法であると述べている。…

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