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J Med Ethics 2004;30:34
  • Echoes

Ethical issues in end of life decisions need public airing

Public debate in Britain about moral differences between helping someone to die and withdrawing or withholding treatment can only help patients and their doctors, says a specialist from the standpoint of ethics and decision making in end stage lung disease.

Two well known cases—those of Miss B and Mrs …

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