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Of dead brains, living wills, and autonomy.

Recent court decisions have clarified many important bioethical and medicolegal issues. Brain death, living wills, and patient autonomy are being defined by the rulings.

L. B. Lehman

[1] Crook Rr. Criminal law--homicide--removal of intravenous feeding line from vegetative, comatose patient at family's request is not murder. Barber v. Superior Court, 147 Cal. App. 3d 1006, 195 Cal. Rptr. 484 (1983) , 1984 .