science-fiction visionaries as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Medical technology has effectively created a twilight zone of suspended animation where death commences while life, in some form, continues. Some patients, however, want no part of a life sustained only by medical technology. Instead, they prefer a plan of medical treatment that allows nature to take its course and permits them to die with dignity. As more individuals assert their right to refuse medical treatment, more frequently do

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... disciplines of medicine, law, philosophy, technology and religion collide. This interdisciplinary interplay raises many questions to which no single person or profession has all the answers. Rasmussen v. Fleming, 741 P.2d 674, 678 (Ariz. 1987).