Losing the wood for the trees: Burke and the Court of Appeal

Medical Law Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Gurnham, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33746097796     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwl006     Document Type: Note

References (35)

1. General Medical Council, 'Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatments: Good Practice in Decision-Making' (GMC 2002).
2. Ibid. at para 32.
3. Ibid. at para 81.
4. At para 15.
5. R (on the application of Burke) v. General Medical Council [2004] E.W.H.C. 1879 (ADMIN).
6. See Headnote and paras 215, 217-223, 225.
7. Supra n. 5 at para 178.
8. At para 38.
9. Ibid.
10. Supra n. 5 at para 66.
11. Ibid. at para 149-150.
12. At para 37.
13. B v. NHS Trust 2002 EWHC 429.
14. Supra n.5 at para 166.
15. Ibid. at para 169. Note that Munby J. applies his argument both to competent patients and to incompetent patients who have made an advanced directive.
16. Munby J. at para 193.
17. [1993] Fam 15.
18. Supra n.5 at para 191
19. At paras 62 and 52.
20. Ibid. at para 32
21. Ibid. at para 39.
22. Ibid. at paras 34 and 53.
23. Ibid. at para 51.
24. Ibid. at para 50.
25. C. Foster, 'Burke: A Tale of Unhappy Endings' (2005) 2 Journal of Personal Injury Law 293, 298.
26. [1991] Fam 33.
27. Supra n. 5 at Para 101.
28. Ibid. at Para 107, quoting Taylor L.J. in Re J [1991] Fam 33. Munby J. then restates this view of 'intolerability' at Para 116.
29. At Para 56: 'We would reiterate that Mr Burke's legitimate concern at this stage of his life does not relate to any of these situations'.
30. At Para 63.
31. Supra n. 5 at para 108.
32. [2004] 1 FLR 1019.
33. Supra n. 5 at para 210.
34. At para 80.
35. Foster, supra n. 25 at 303.