Journal article
An objective approach to decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining medical treatment
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Courts in England and Wales, Australia, and New Zealand have insisted the question of when it is acceptable to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining medical treatment from a child must be considered on a case-by-case basis. Over the last 40 years a number of cases have considered whether treatment is objectively in the child's best interests. This article seeks to identify whether there are factors identified and weighed in a consistent manner across cases. Thirty cases involving decisions abo...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Thomson Reuters Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Law and Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 192-210
- Publication date:
- 2019-10-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-08-27
- ISSN:
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1320-159X
- Pmid:
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31682350
- Source identifiers:
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1070435
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:1070435
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uuid:8dddab79-e1bb-481a-9f27-1ad3c18f82fb
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- pubs:1070435
- Deposit date:
- 2019-11-21
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- Thomson Reuters
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Thomson Reuters at: https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I8d3a5c17f3d011e9a18be9fe4d8c34f5&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&startChunk=1&endChunk=1
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