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| Date: | 22.04.2005, 09:30h to 22.04.2005, 17:00h |
| Location: | University of Hull Hull UK |
| Keywords: | End of life - Euthanasia - Medical ethics - Palliative treatment - Prolongation of life |
| Details: | The recent decisions made by the High Court about the withdrawal of treatment for Charlotte Wyatt and Luke Winston-Jones raise a number of important ethical questions. While a considerable amount of work has already been done on the withdrawal of treatment, the two recent decisions involve an extra layer of complexity in that they are primarily about parents demanding that treatment be continued when the medical team believes that treatment is futile or not in the patient's interests. Further work on these issues is timely because the General Medical Council is in the process of revising its advice on the withdrawal of treatment in the light of the recent Lesley Burke successful appeal against their guidance. |
| Organizer: | Institute of Applied Ethics , University of Hull , UK |
| Contact: | Don Carrick Address: Tel: Fax: Email: D.Carrick@hull.ac.uk |
| Webpage: | http://www.bioethics-today.org/events/RightsAndWrongs.doc |
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