[Apologetics] Dying can be denied food

[Stephen Korsman]

THE high court ruled today doctors do have the power to withdraw food and drink from terminally ill patients - even if it is against their wishes. 

The General Medical Council (GMC) was appealing against a previous ruling that gave Lesley Burke - who suffers from a degenerative brain condition - the right to insist on nutrition during the final stages of his illness.

Mr Burke, 45, won the original ruling last year and it was hailed as a landmark by groups representing the terminally ill.

But today a panel of three judges headed by Master of the Rolls Lord Phillips set aside the decision.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005340631,00.html

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Stephen Korsman
skorsman at theotokos.co.za
www.theotokos.co.za

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