Legal Knowledge Scotland » withdrawal of medical treatment http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com Legal support for lawyers Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:58:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Withdrawal of medical treatment http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=445 http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=445#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:18:42 +0000 http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=445 Excellent article in the Law Gazette on the withdrawal of medical treatment.   The article refers to the recent case in which the Court of Protection in England ruled against the withdrawal of medical treatment.  In that case the person was in what is termed a “minimally conscious state” and not a “vegetative state” as in previous cases.

The article can be found here.   The case report can be found here.

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