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DiNINO v. STATE

No. 49945-4.

102 Wn.2d 327 (1984)

684 P.2d 1297

JOANN LYNN DiNINO, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Slade Gorton, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Maureen Hart, Assistant, for appellant.

Ester Greenfield on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union and Northwest Women's Law Center, for respondents.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

In 1979, the Legislature enacted the Natural Death Act, RCW 70.122.010 et seq. (hereinafter cited as NDA). The NDA recognized that adult individuals have a fundamental right to make decisions concerning medical care, including the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment if terminally ill. RCW 70.122.010. Accordingly, the act created a procedure whereby individuals could execute a directive which...

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