In the Matter of Dinnerstein

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• indicating, in reference to possible resuscitation of half-paralyzed, elderly victim of Alzheimer’s disease, that prolongation of life is not required if there is no hope of return to a “normal, integrated, functioning, cognitive existence”
• declaration that validity of order not to resuscitate patient with Alzheimer’s disease did not depend on prior court approval
• cardiopulmonary and respiratory resuscitation could be withheld from patient in an essentially vegetative state and suffering from Alzheimer's disease
• cardiopulmonary and respiratory resuscitation could be withheld from patient in an essentially vegetative state and suffering from Alzheimer's disease
• decision not to resuscitate not for the judiciary, but one \peculiarly within the competence of the medical profession\; \validity of order [not to resuscitate] does not depend on prior judicial approval\
• decision not to resuscitate not for the judiciary, but one “peculiarly within the competence of the medical profession”; “validity of order [not to resuscitate] does not depend on prior judicial approval”

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