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Withholding and withdrawal of “futile” life-sustaining treatment: Unilateral medical decision-making in Australia and New Zealand Lindy Willmott, Ben White and Jocelyn Downie* This article examines the law in Austral
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Auckland / /

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Auckland Healthcare Services Ltd / Daily Telegraph / Marion / Brightwater Care Group / H Ltd / Russell / Cox / Vagliano Bros / Northland Health Ltd / Lawbook Co / Services Ltd / Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited / /

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New Zealand / Australia / United Kingdom / /

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New Zealand Court of Appeal / New Zealand High Court / Dalhousie University / Queensland University of Technology / Royal Darwin Hospital / /

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dementia / chronic renal failure / moderate dementia / severe Guillain-Barré syndrome / cardiac arrest / deep coma / illness / II diabetes / disease / quadriplegia / pains / /

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antibiotics / resuscitation order / kidney transplant / resuscitation / renal dialysis / dialysis / /

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Australian Supreme Court / Queensland Coroner’s Court / Administration of Sentences / In Auckland Area Health Board / High Court / Queensland University of Technology / Futility Movement / Cf Hunter Area Health Service / New Zealand High Court / Health Law Research Centre / Royal Darwin Hospital / General Medical Council / House of Lords / Faculty of Law / New South Wales Supreme Court / Auckland Area Health Board / Central Sydney Area Health Service / Court of Appeal / Bank of England / Department of Health / NHS / Hutt District Health Board / Dalhousie University / /

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Jocelyn Downie / Ben White / Charlotte Wyatt / Joanna Manning / Andrew Sawatzky / Baby D / Paulo Melo / June Woo / Zealand Lindy Willmott / Leslie Burke / Lindy Willmott / /

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Otago Law Review / Daily Telegraph / /

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South Australia / South Wales / Australasia / Western Australia / /

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dialysis / /

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www.thomsonreuters.com.au / /

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