Withholding and withdrawing: healthcare providers do not have authority

The following are cases in which Canadian courts have found that healthcare providers do not have the authority to unilaterally withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatment:

• Barbulov v. Cirone, 2009 CanLII 15889 (ON SC).
• Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • 2011 ONSC 1500 (CanLII)
  • 2011 ONCA 482 (CanLII)
  • [2013] 3 SCR 341, 2013 SCC 53 (CanLII)