The Supreme Court decided to examine the more complex concept
of a ‘living will’ where removal of life support is authorised in case of an
irreversible coma. A ‘living will’ is a document prepared by a person in a
healthy state of mind specifying that if she slides into a vegetative state
because of an irreversible terminal illness. In such a case, relatives will be
spared the agonising decision of removing life support and doctors will be guided
solely by the ‘living will’.
TIMES
OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
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