Published 12 November 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2526
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2526

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Trust decides against legal action to force girl to receive heart transplant

Clare Dyer

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A terminally ill 13 year old British girl is to be allowed to die at home after a primary care trust decided not to try to force her to undergo a heart transplantation.

Hannah Jones persuaded Herefordshire Primary Care Trust that she was competent to make her own decisions about medical treatment and was making an informed choice not to have the operation that could have prolonged her life.

Hannah, of Marden, near Hereford, was given a diagnosis of leukaemia at age 4 years. Cardiomyopathy was diagnosed while she was undergoing chemotherapy for the disease. Last year she became critically ill, and earlier this year she had a pacemaker fitted. She also had a collapsed lung during her seven months in hospital.

She was told that the only long term solution was a heart transplant, and the doctors treating her strongly recommended an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for . . . [Full text of this article]


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Why is Trust Involved? BMJ2008;337:a2526
John. H Scotson
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It's just not that simple!
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The law, the doctor and the child's best interests.
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