… The heart-rending nature of the Sun Hudson case suggests that changes to the advance
directives and guardianship laws could assist physicians and hospitals in dealing with …

Without revisiting the intractable debate over medical ‘futility’, 1 we want to examine two
recent cases, Howe v. Massachusetts General Hospital2 and Hudson v. Texas Children’s …

… In the Sun Hudson case, the Texas Children’s Hospital ethics committee met with his mother
on October 13, 2004, and told her that they agreed with physicians that continued ventilator …

… Externalities related to the intertwining of the Sun Hudson case and the Terri Schiavo case
generated negative publicity for the TADA from progressive and conservative viewpoints. …

… The Sun Hudson case is of several cases that have sparked a recent controversy over the
Texas Advance Directives Act, specifically the subsection of the statute the Futile Care Law.…

… The Sun Hudson case is one of several cases that have sparked a recent controversy over
the Texas Advance Directives Act (Act), specifically the subsection of the statute commonly …

… In the Sun Hudson case, some 42 NICUs were contacted and asked if they would accept the
patient on transfer. All refused. The mother then petitioned the court to order Texas Children’…

… When treatment is not indicated, as in the Sun Hudson case, there is no ethical obligation
to provide it, a position that some state courts have supported. The only category wherein …

… ETHICS 851 (2005) (providing the details of the Sun Hudson case at Texas Children's … &
ETHIcs 851, 852 (2005) (providing a detailed account of the entire Sun Hudson case from the …

… a thoughtful reflection on the meaning of medical futility, when health care professionals
consider continued aggressive treatment medically inappropriate (like Sun Hudson's case). He …