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An advance decision to refuse treatment made by a man with motor neurone disease, who communicated only through eye movements, is valid and his life can “peacefully end,” a judge has ruled at the Court of Protection in London.
Mrs Justice Theis said she was “entirely satisfied” that he had the capacity to take the decision after hearing evidence from doctors, carers, and the man’s wife.
His wife had downloaded an advance decision template from the internet, and the document was read to him last November in the presence of a doctor, his wife, and …
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