The Necessity of a Court Approval in Civil Proceedings on the Withdrawal of Life-Supporting Treatment for Terminally Ill Patients

The paper presents a comparative analysis of the positions of the courts in respect with the necessity of a court’s authorization to terminate life-support. Some courts hold that it is mandatory in any case, while the other reduce the role of the tribunals only to disputes arising from the decision...

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Main Author: Anatoliy A. Lytvynenko
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Teisė
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/teise/article/view/22284