Life support: the doctor's dilemma--legal issues
Choo, H.T.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 24(2): 268-270
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-4602 PMID: 7653971 Document Number: 447840
This paper examines the legal rights of a patient and his family in a situation where the patient's life is maintained by a life support system. It examines the duty and liability of a doctor who is of the view that the life-support should be terminated and, whether, in such situations the consent of the patient or his family or the Court is required.