>The Liverpool Care "Death" Pathway is being phased out, the NHS is under scrutiny for a culture which leads to mistreatment in the care of people with disabilities.
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>The British High Court has decided to let hospitals (with judges consent, aka CYA) decide who lives and dies regardless of the family's wishes.
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>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_BRITAIN_WITHHOLDING_TREATMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-30-07-25-07
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>Britain's highest court has ruled in favor of a hospital that gained court approval to withhold treatment from a terminally ill man despite the family's opposition.
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>What a lovely culture the west is reverting to.


The Liverpool pathway was about managing someones road to death mainly to reduce suffering. It wasn't a death panel