{"id":805,"date":"2013-06-07T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2017-05-10T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T17:08:14","slug":"withholding-and-withdrawal-healthcare-providers-do-not-have-authority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eol.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=805","title":{"rendered":"Withholding and withdrawing: healthcare providers do not have authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/232qk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Barbulov v. Cirone<\/em>, 2009 CanLII 15889 (ON SC)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/fkhw4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2011 ONSC 1500 (CanLII)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/fm31l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2011 ONCA 482 (CanLII)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/scc\/doc\/2013\/2013scc53\/2013scc53.html?autocompleteStr=Rasouli&amp;autocompletePos=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[2013] 3 SCR 341, 2013 SCC 53 (CanLII)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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