Force-feeding and the Question of Common Hope
A colleague recently brought to my attention this unfolding case in New Jersey: the state’s Department of Human Services is seeking a court order to prevent the death of a 29-year-old woman with severe anorexia nervosa who wishes to starve herself to death. The young woman, identified only as A.G., has received the full gamut of professional treatment both for this condition and for her severe alcoholism and depression. She now wishes only to be left alone; her mother and court-appointed guardian now fully support her in this decision. She has made it clear both in word and in act that the only way...
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