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PDFSpecial clinical ethics symposium: the case of Ms B
The case of Ms B: suicide’s slippery slope?
Abstract
In the case of Ms B, the High Court ruled that as Ms B was a competent adult patient, her doctors acted unlawfully in overriding her refusal of life-preserving ventilation. This commentary considers whether this case supports the proposition that in English law the right to refuse treatment extends even to refusals which are clearly suicidal.
- Law and medical ethics
- end-of-life decisions
- assisted suicide
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