...Justice Cardozo perhaps said it best in his opinion in Schloendorff v. Societv of New York Hospital that "every human .being of adult years .and sound mind...determine what shall be done with his own body..." The piecemeal legislation that currently exists prevents this from happening. Not all -states .have...

...extensive standards, primarily through "conditions of participation," on all participating providers.'7 The central role of the individual with respect to...to determine what shall be done with his own body . 58 "• See, eg, Daniels v. Woodburv County. 742 F.2d 1128 (8th Cir. 1984); Griff eth v. Detrich....

...rooted in the common law right of self determination. In the oft-quoted 1914 case of sehloendorff v. HY Hospital. Justice Cardozo succinctly articulates this...right to determine what shall be done with his own body.54 The other common law root of consumer control arises from the common law offense of battery...

...to beneficence-based clinical judgment. His language rings out in a distinctively American cadence: "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has...the right to determine what shall be done with his body; and a surgeon who performs an operation without his patient's consent commits an assault, for...

...is rooted in the canon law right of self determination. In the oft-quoted 1914 cave of Sehloendorff v. NY Hospital. Justice Cardozo succinctly articulates...right: Every human being of adult years and sound mind hss the right to determine what shall be done with his own body.54 The other common law root of consumer...

...everybody is protected not only against physical injury but against any form of physical molestation . . . 'every human being of adult years and sound mind has...to determine what shall be done with his own body; and a surgeon who performs an operation without his patient's consent commits an assault'.11 It is...

...established in the United States.7,6' Indeed, in a 1914 Supreme Court decision, Justice Cardoza declared, "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has...right to determine what shall be done with his own body."64 This statement is the embodiment of the Constitutional right of liberty and privacy and the...

...established in the United States.10-64 Indeed, in a 1914 Supreme Court decision, Justice Cardoza declared, "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has...right to determine what shall be done with his own body."65 This statement is the embodiment of the Constitutional right of liberty and privacy and the...

...battery and assault which prohibit all touching without consent. It is stated in such legal rulings as: "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has the right to determine what shall be done to his own body".50 The Department of Health affirms the competent patient's "fundamental right to...

...interpretation is founded in the oftquoted dictum of former Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo, "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has the right to determine what will be done with his own body." Cardozo's dictum is rooted in Enlightenment thinking and is best expressed...