1Cademy - Bouvia v. Superior Court, 179 Cal. App. 3d 112, 225 Cal. Rptr. 297 (1986)

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Bouvia v. Superior Court, 179 Cal. App. 3d 112, 225 Cal. Rptr. 297 (1986)

Patient suffering from Cerebral Palsy whom expressed a desire to end her life by self starvation.
Court in California issued a court order to let the hospital attempt to force feed her through nasogastric tube, resulting in Elizabeth suing the hospital.
California Court of Appeals supported her belief in wanting to remove nasogastric tube due to the fundamental right to refuse treatment, her rights are above the state's interests, not continuing treatment isn't the same as assisted suicide, and quality of life.