Massachusetts § 13 Pain alleviation; comfort care procedures

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 13 — Pain alleviation; comfort care procedures

Massachusetts § 13

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title IIDESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

Ch. 201DHEALTH CARE PROXIES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 13 (2026).

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Section 13. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any medical procedure deemed necessary by the attending physician to provide comfort care or pain alleviation. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to treatment with sedatives and pain-killing drugs; non-artificial oral feeding; suction; and hygenic care.

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