| Statutory Citations | Georgia |
Georgia Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Act [1990, 1999], Ga. Code §§31-36-1 to 31-36-13.
Documents
Free advance directive documents and instructions from Partnership for Caring.
| Court Cases |
Georgia |
| Case | In re Jane Doe, 262 Ga. 389, 418 S.E.2d 3 (1992). |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
| Year | 1992 |
| Patient (age) | "Jane Doe" (14) |
| Nutrition + hydration | Gastrostomy tube |
| Mental capacity | "Between stupor and coma" |
| Decision maker(s) | Parents |
| Setting | Scottish Rite Children's Hospital (Atlanta, GA) |
| Patient's Wishes | The parents were (for the most part) in agreement that their daughter's life-sustaining procedures should be continued, while the hospital was seeking approval to stop life-sustaining treatment. |
| Court's Decision |
The court found that the patient's parents had the right to either accept or refuse life-sustaining treatment for their daughter, in consultation with their daughter's physicians, without judicial involvement. Since the parents wanted continued treatment, that is what was authorized. |
| Outcome | Jane Doe died while her case was on appeal. |
| Citation | Partnership for Caring, Inc. (2001), Fact Sheet, In re Jane Doe |
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