Policy and regulation

Trust cleared by judge to stop patient's life support

By 2011-07-27T11:02:00

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Source: beerkoff - Fotolia

The High Court has given a health trust permission to lawfully withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a woman in a permanent vegetative state.

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