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Withdrawal of Life-Preserving Treatment – Supreme Court Clarifies the Law

Withdrawal of Life-Preserving Treatment – Supreme Court Clarifies the Law

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Where medical professionals and loved ones are unanimous that it would not be in a gravely ill patient’s best interests to keep them alive by clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH), they may be withdrawn without seeking permission from a judge. The Supreme Court so