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The Supreme Court's first right-to-die ruling, in the Missouri case of Nancy Cruzan, upheld a standard requiring "clear and convincing" evidence of an incompetent patient's wishes before removing life support. But the ruling is anything but clear to providers. The vague ruling has left open to interpretation who can decide when to pull the plug, and under what circumstances.
最高法院在密苏里州南希·克鲁赞案中的首例“死亡权利”裁决，维持了一项标准，即在撤除生命维持设备之前，需要有“明确且令人信服”的证据证明无行为能力患者的意愿。但对于医疗服务提供者来说，该裁决一点也不明确。这项含糊不清的裁决使得谁能决定何时停止治疗以及在何种情况下停止治疗这一问题有待解读。
