Texas law lets hospitals and doctors override your advance directive and terminate curative care
Houston trial court says that Advance Directives Act of 1999 (Texas death panel statute) "works pretty well"
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Dnr end of life
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital CAPS Team & what you should know about it
Some hospitals use aggressive pressure to get parent to consent to terminating children's care
Can money play a role in the hospital and doctor's decision to pull the plug?
Texas tort reform laws and the Advance Directives Act of 1999 work together to create frightening financial incentives
Texas hospitals can stop treating and feeding patients even when patients and families disagree
Texas Advance Directives Act gives hospital committees complete immunity for deliberately stopping health care and allowing patients to die
Two documents you need now to plan ahead for end-of-life health care
Advance directive and medical power of attorney documents help guide health care decisions and protect against hospital committees
Texas allows doctors to sign unauthorized do not resuscitate (DNR) orders without telling you
Three things you can do to protect yourself and your family
Robert Painter testifies before Texas House of Representatives
H.B. 3520 would prevent hospitals from using 'death panels' to dump patients
Video: Hospital death panels in Texas
'The Minute Lawyer' series video on the shocking truth about how Texas hospitals and doctors can stop treating you, even if it means you will die
A new idea to fix the Texas 'death panel' law
By eliminating immunity, doctors and hospital committee members would have to think twice before stopping care
Video: Robert Painter speaks about the Texas futile care (death panel) law
Many Texans are surprised to learn that the Advance Directives Act of 1999 allows a hospital committee to act as a 'death panel' that can override a patient or family's treatment wishes