Should cases of permanent vegetative state still go to court?

Jennett, Bryan

doi:10.1136/bmj.319.7213.796

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“…Tony Bland was left in a persistent vegetative state after the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster of 1989. The British courts allowed his family and doctors to withdraw nasogastric feeds, because he was unaware of himself and his environment, had no reasonable prospect of improvement, and it was not in his best interest to continue treatment 4,5 . What was not specified was that Tony Bland's interests were irrelevant, because he would never regain consciousness, but it was not in the interests of his family or his carers to prolong a life that fulfilled no useful function.…”

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Brain death

Isaacs

2003

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Brain death

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End‐of‐Life Decision Making: Practical and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals

Cartwright

2000

Australas J Ageing

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Abstract. Life‐extending changes in medical technology and an ageing population pose practical and ethical problems relating to end‐of‐life decision making. Health professionals need to understand the fears and concerns of their patients, their preferred place to die, and to respect patient autonomy. Such wishes may be expressed verbally by a competent patient or through an advance directive (living will) or proxy by an incompetent patient. There is an urgent need for increased and improved training of health professionals in pain management and palliative care, and for the development of practical, ethical policies and guidelines with respect to withdrawing/withholding life‐sustaining treatment. In addition, physician‐assisted suicide and euthanasia, two of the important moral issues of the 90s, will continue to require open community debate as we move into the new millennium. Australia, in company with most other countries, has many challenges ahead in relation to end‐of‐life decision making.

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Should cases of permanent vegetative state still go to court?

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End‐of‐Life Decision Making: Practical and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals

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