Famous Medical Patients

• Cruzan, Nancy

  The subject of Cruzan v. Missouri

• Lacks, Henrietta

  The woman who was the source of HeLa "immortal" cells

• Quinlan, Karen Ann

  Controversial coma patient of the 1970s

• Schiavo, Terri

  The brain-damaged woman at the center of the Schiavo legal case

See: Index by Occupation