No need for court order for withdrawal of nutrition in case of PVS patients – Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 3rd, 2018 in food, human rights, medical treatment, news, Supreme Court by tracey

‘NHS Trust v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and Others, Supreme Court 30 July 2018. The question for the Court was a simple but important one: whether the permission of a court was always required by law before doctors could withdraw feeding from a person in a persistent vegetative state.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd August 2018

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