Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the petition is denied.
A competent adult has the right to determine the course of his or her medical treatment. This right includes the option to refuse medical treatment, even life-saving treatment. This right is a "fundamental common-law right" and is "coextensive with the patient's liberty interest protected by the due process clause of our State Constitution" (Rivers v. Katz...
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