{"id":812,"date":"2013-06-07T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2015-06-13T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T21:27:13","slug":"withholding-and-withdraw-question-of-healthcare-providers-authority-left-openunanswered","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eol.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=812","title":{"rendered":"Withholding and withdrawing: question of healthcare providers&#8217; authority left open\/unanswered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are cases in which Canadian courts have left the question of healthcare providers&#8217; authority to unilaterally withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatment open or unanswered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/231vc\" target=\"_blank\"><em>London Health Science Centre v. RK<\/em>, 1997 CanLII 14487 (ON SC)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/1gcdr\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Scardoni v. Hawryluck<\/em>, 2004 CanLII 34326 (ON SC)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/1q0v6\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Re LIC (Dependent Adult)<\/em>, 2006 ABQB 130 (CanLII)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Yeung v Capital District Health Authority<\/em> (Dec. 15, 2006), Halifax HFX273970, (NSSC (TD)).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/1w3gx\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rotaru v. Vancouver General Hospital Intensive Care Unit<\/em>, 2008 BCSC 318 (CanLII)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are cases in which Canadian courts have left the question of healthcare providers&#8217; authority to unilaterally withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatment open or unanswered: London Health Science Centre v. RK, 1997 CanLII 14487 (ON SC). 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