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RIGHT REFUSE LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2018-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... not all patients wanted aggressive life-sustaining treatment and so began the "right to die" movement. It advocated for greater patient autonomy and the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment, a right which has now been recognized in Canadian law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[Elle] voulait qu'on lui retire son respirateur. Pour obtenir cela, elle a dû porter son cas devant les tribunaux et, avec sa famille, endurer tout le débat public qui a entouré son droit de refuser le traitement de survie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de salud
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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