Mildred RASMUSSEN by Douglas P. MITCHELL, her Guardian ad Litem, Appellant,
v.
Robert FLEMING, Pima County Public Fiduciary, as Guardian for Mildred Rasmussen, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 23, 1987.
July 23, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John J. Jakubczyk, Phoenix, Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund by Edward R. Grant, Clarke D. Forsythe, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund.
Clinical Law Office, University of Maryland, School of Law by Stanley S. Herr, Associate Professor, Gisele Matthews, Law Student, Baltimore, Md., for amici curiae for the Ass'n for Retarded Citizens of the U.S., the Ass'n for Retarded Citizens of Arizona, and the Intern. League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap.
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia by Frank J. Laski, Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae The Ass'n for Persons with Severe Handicaps.
Douglas P. Mitchell, Tucson, for appellant.
Robert B. Fleming, Former Pima County Public Fiduciary, Kate McMillan, Pima County Public Fiduciary, Alyce Pennington, Tucson, for appellee.
Society for the Right to Die, Inc. by Fenella Rouse, New York City, for amicus curiae Society for the Right to Die, Inc.
Mark J. Theut, Phoenix, National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled by James Bopp, Jr., Thomas J. Marzen, Thomas J. Balch, Mary M. Nimz, Indianapolis, Ind., for amicus curiae Bd. of Directors of the United Handicapped Federation.
Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.
GORDON, Chief Justice.
Not long ago the realms of life and death were delineated by a bright line. Now this line is blurred by wondrous advances in medical technology — advances that until recent years were only ideas conceivable by such science-fiction visionaries as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Medical technology has effectively created a twilight zone of suspended animation where death commences while life, in some form, continues. Some patients, however...
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