Right to Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment

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"The Right to Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment for Religious Reasons Under the Law of Australia, Canada, and the United States
This paper will discuss the refusal of life-saving or life-sustaining treatment in the common law countries of Australia, Canada, and the United States. The first part of the paper will briefly introduce some of the main issues in this topic. The second, third, and fourth parts of the paper will discuss these issues under the laws of Australia, Canada, and the United States, respectively. The paper will emphasize the refusal of such treatment based on religious beliefs; however, much of the paper will necessarily be devoted to discussing the more general aspects of this topic. The reason for this is that most of the development of the law in this area has taken place in cases which have not involved religious beliefs. In fact, the cases.."

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