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Dying too soon or living too long? Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness after Re Y

BACKGROUND: In the ruling in Y [2018], the UK Supreme Court has confirmed that there is no general requirement for the courts in England and Wales to authorise the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. The perceived require...

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Autor principal: Huxtable, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31884958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0424-4