Friday, 9 March 2018

ON FRIDAY SUPREME COURT WILL PRONOUNCE ITS VERDICT ON RECOGNITION OF 'LIVING WILL' FOR PASSIVE EUTHANASIA

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its judgement on a petition seeking recognition of ‘living will' made by terminally-ill patients for passive euthanasia(it is a condition where there is withdrawal of medical treatment with the deliberate intention to hasten the death of a terminally-ill patient). Living will is a written document that allows a patient to give explicit instructions in advance about the medical treatment to be administered when he or she is terminally ill or no longer able to express informed consent.


TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER


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