41.  The Church of Scientology adamantly opposes psychiatric care and Ms. McPherson refused the treatment.

42.  The case involved a HIV-positive woman who was refused treatment by a Maine dentist.

43.  The five others who were slightly injured refused medical treatment.

44.  The patient had been refused the treatment.

45.  The right to refuse treatment is clear.

46.  The remaining ones refused treatment and declined to cooperate with the authorities, suggesting that they were fasting voluntarily.

47.  The right to refuse medical treatment long has been recognized in New York.

48.  The right side of the motorcycle hit the pavement and Tyson refused medical treatment.

49.  The Supreme Court joined most states in drawing a line between the right to passively refuse treatment, which is permitted, and the right to actively kill oneself.

50.  The unanimous ruling by the high court drew a sharp distinction between allowing patients to refuse treatment to hasten their death and permitting doctors to kill their patients.