TY - JOUR T1 - The case of Ms B: suicide’s slippery slope? JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 238 LP - 239 DO - 10.1136/jme.28.4.238 VL - 28 IS - 4 AU - J Keown Y1 - 2002/08/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/4/238.abstract N2 - 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. ER -