Patient Rights & Freedoms Justice Project

Ensuring that fully-informed patients are the decision-makers in their own end-of-life care; that their decisions and plans are implemented

• Hallada v. Lakeland Regional Medical Center: Addressed the failure of healthcare providers to honor a patient's Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order, resulting in unwanted medical interventions that prolonged the patient's life contrary to her expressed wishes.
  
  
• Almerico et al v Denney et al: Challenged and overturned an Idaho law that invalidated the advance directives of pregnant individuals, securing the right to have end-of-life wishes honored regardless of pregnancy status.
  
  
• Vernon v. Kobach: Currently challenging Kansas’s state constitutional law that invalidates the advance directives of pregnant individuals.

• In the Matter of Romero: Successfully affirmed the legal authority of a spouse to make healthcare decisions for an incapacitated partner in the absence of an advance directive, reinforcing the importance of surrogate decision-making rights.

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Note: We are not a general legal services provider. We focus on legal issues specifically related to end-of-life care and patient autonomy.