Substituted Judgment, Best Interests and the Need for Best Respect

Martyn, Susan R.

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Substituted Judgment, Best Interests and the Need for Best Respect

Susan R. Martyn

University of Toledo - College of Law

1994

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 3, p. 194, 1994

Abstract:
Perhaps the most troubling medical decisionmaking cases facing state courts involve serious health care decisions for persons with severe or profound mental retardation. Existing legal standards such as substituted judgment and best interests limit or skew relevant information. As an alternative, a best respect legal standard would prod decision makers to exhaust additional sources of information before making a surrogate medical decision. Such a legal standard also offers a more complete approach to all surrogate medical decisions.

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Keywords: Substituted Judgment, Best Interests, Best Respect, Surrogate Decision Makers, Quality of Life

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Date posted: July 16, 2008

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Martyn, Susan R., Substituted Judgment, Best Interests and the Need for Best Respect (1994). Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 3, p. 194, 1994 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1160003

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