Literature DB >> 12161579

The case of Ms B and the "right to die".

Anne-Marie Slowther1.   

Abstract

The High Court in England has ruled that doctors are acting illegally if they refuse to comply with a competent patient's request to switch off their ventilator even if the result would be death. If doctors feel unable to do this then they must arrange for the patient to be transferred to the care of a colleague who is prepared to comply with the request.

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Keywords:  Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach; Professional Patient Relationship

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Year:  2002        PMID： 12161579      PMCID： PMC1733619          DOI： 10.1136/jme.28.4.243

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Ethics        ISSN： 0306-6800            Impact factor:   2.903


  2 in total

1.  Students' attitudes and potential behaviour to a competent patient's request for withdrawal of treatment as they pass through a modern medical curriculum.

Authors:  J Goldie; L Schwartz; J Morrison
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  2004-08       Impact factor: 2.903

2.  CLINICAL ETHICS COMMITTEES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: TOWARDS EVALUATION.

Authors:  Laura Williamson; Sheila McLean; Judith Connell
Journal:  Med Law Int       Date:  2007-02-09
  2 in total

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