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Argued January 23, 1990.
Decided January 23, 1990.
Opinion Issued February 15, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Janet T. Mills (orally), Dist. Atty., Auburn, for appellant.
Arthur J. Greif (orally), Isaacson & Raymond, P.A., Lewiston, for the Swan family.
Jennifer Nichols Ferguson (orally), Fales & Fales, Auburn, guardian ad litem.
Michael Poulin (orally), Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Auburn, for Cent. Maine Medical Center.
Leigh Ingalls Saufley (orally), Deputy Atty. Gen., Human Services Div., Augusta, for Dept. of Human Services.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
PER CURIAM.
In this case we revisit the sensitive question, first addressed by In re Gardner,534 A.2d 947 (Me.1987), of when life-sustaining procedures may be discontinued for a hospital patient in a persistent vegetative state without hope of improvement. The case at bar differs from Gardner in two respects. Whereas Joseph Gardner was about 21, Chad Swan, the patient here, was 171/3 years old when, shortly before the...
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