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Orders Not to Resuscitate: The Sharon Siebert Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

George J. Annas
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In a previous column I discussed the testimony of a number of nurses in the case of Ms. Sharon Siebert. That case was decided by a lower court on February 13, 1981, and this column discusses Judge Lindsay G. Arthur's opinion. Jane Hoyt, a friend, not a relative, of Ms. Siebert, brought suit to enjoin an order not to resuscitate that had been written on Ms. Siebert. The case raised a number of important issues, including whether the court would allow a suit brought by someone in Ms. Hoyt's position vis-à-vis the patient, and if it did, what legal standard the court might require in the writing of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders.

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Health Law Notes
Information
Nursing Law & Ethics , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , May 1981 , pp. 3 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1981

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References

1. Annas, G.J., What to Know Before You Testify in Court, Nursing Law & Ethics 2(3):3 (March 1981).Google ScholarPubMed
2. Hoyt v. St. Mary's Rehabilitation Center, No. 774555, slip op. (Dist. Ct., 4th Jud. Dist., Hennepin Co., Minn. Feb. 13, 1981).Google Scholar
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