The newly revised ruling on advance medical directives and withholding/withdrawing medical support for the dying in India will inevitably force some terminally ill patients to “live a life of machine-related suffering” and deprive them of their autonomy and dignity in death, suggest specialist doctors in a letter published online in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. While a progressive step, the 2023 ruling still has important shortcomings, they add.
Ruling on Care of Dying Forces Some to Suffer Machine-Related Life
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India s new ruling on care of dying will force some to live a life of machine-related suffering, claim physicians
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Ruling Forces Some to Live Machine-Related Suffering
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