Fordham Law Review Volume 76 Issue 1 Article 5 2007 The Criminalization of Treating End of Life Patients with Risky Pain Medication and the Role of the Extreme Emergency Situation Gina Castellano Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Gina Castellano, The Criminalization of Treating End of Life Patients with Risky Pain Medication and the Role of the Extreme Emergency Situation, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 203 (2007). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol76/iss1/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Criminalization of Treating End of Life Patients with Risky Pain Medication and the Role of the Extreme Emergency Situation Cover Page Footnote J.D. Candidate, 2008, Fordham University School of Law; B.A., 2005, Georgetown University. I would like to thank Professor Deborah Denno for her thoughtful guidance and my father for his unwavering support. This article is available in Fordham Law Review: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol76/iss1/5 NOTES THE CRIMINALIZATION OF TREATING END OF LIFE PATIENTS WITH RISKY PAIN MEDICATION AND THE ROLE OF THE EXTREME EMERGENCY SITUATION Gina Castellano* This Note examines the legality of physicians treating patients near the end of life with risky pain medication, specifically during an extreme emergency situation.