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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct 1;175(10):1687–1691. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3956

Figure. Instructions about End-of-Life Decisions in State Guardianship Statutes.

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Each state and the District of Columbia was placed into one of three groups: (1) statute contains no language about end-of-life decisions (shown in grey); (2) statute prohibits a guardian from making end-of-life decisions without court approval (shown in black); or (3) statute permits a guardian to make end-of-life decisions independently (shown in white). Exceptions to these laws are noted.

aExceptions exist in statutes in Alaska, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma, and Vermont.

bExceptions exist in all statutes.