Landmark Victory Prevents Doctors from Unilaterally Removing Patient’s Life Support
By Dave Andrusko Described as “perhaps the most significant end-of-life decision ever made by a Canadian court,” Ontario’s top court has affirmed a lower court opinion that doctors may not unilaterally remove life support, including food and fluids, from patients against the family’s wishes. The case of Hassan Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is …
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