What was the first "right to die" case heard by the Supreme Court?

In 1983, after she was thrown from her car in an accident, Nancy Cruzan was declared in a persistent vegetative state. In 1988, her parents asked the doctors to remove her feeding tube, but the hospital refused without a court order. The Court ruled in favor of the Department of Health, finding it was acceptable to require "clear and convincing evidence" of a patient's wishes for removal from life support. A significant outcome of the case was the creation of advance health directives.

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