Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Other contribution
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TY - GEN
T1 - A right to live at the end of life in the way one would wish or a right to die
T2 - is there a difference?
AU - Ost, Suzanne
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Last Thursday, in a significant judgement in the Court of Protection, Hayden J granted an application allowing the medical team caring for a patient in the minimally conscious state (MCS) to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration – CANH).No doubt the case received the media attention that it did because it is the first case in which a judge has sanctioned the cessation of treatment being given to a patient lacking capacity who possesses (a minimum level of) awareness.
AB - Last Thursday, in a significant judgement in the Court of Protection, Hayden J granted an application allowing the medical team caring for a patient in the minimally conscious state (MCS) to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration – CANH).No doubt the case received the media attention that it did because it is the first case in which a judge has sanctioned the cessation of treatment being given to a patient lacking capacity who possesses (a minimum level of) awareness.
KW - minimally conscious state
KW - end of life
KW - right to die
KW - ethics
KW - BIOETHICS
UR - http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/law/blogs/staff/a-right-to-live-at-the-end-of-life-in-the-way-one-would-wish-or-a-right-to-die-/
M3 - Other contribution
ER -