Liacos, J. We are asked to decide whether the substituted judgment of a person in a persistent vegetative state that the artificial maintenance of his nutrition and hydration be discontinued shall be honored. The effectuation of the ward’s wishes is supported by his wife-guardian and his family, but is opposed by his attending physicians and the defendant hospital. We are faced agai…
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