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What the Papers Said After the Judgment


There has been quite of lot of media coverage after I won my case. Here is a small selection. Where the article discusses wider issues, these are on the 'The Continuing Discussion' page.
Patient wins right-to-life ruling "Campaigners say this judgment gives power back to patients and their relatives"		GMC response to High Court ruling on guidance



Terminally-ill man wins legal ruling		Court backs dying man over treatment

Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment: guidance for decision making - Burke v GMC		Dying man 'ecstatic' at victory Patient wins 'right to life' ruling

Man wins 'right to live'		The Industrial Law Society Title: "'Accentuating the Positive': Disability Rights and the Idea of a Commission for Equality and Human Rights"

Patient wins right to stop doctors withdrawing food and drink when he can no longer speak		Terminally ill man wins his right to live in landmark High Court ruling

Whose life is it anyway? Tilting at doctors 'Sadly suffering man' doing all right		Dying man wins 'right-to-live' case Dying man wins treatment fight

Dying man wins 'right to live' suit		Terminally ill man wins right to life

UK Man Wins Right not to be Deprived of Nutrition and Hydration		Dying Man Wins 'Right-to-Live' Case Right-to-Live Case 'Raises Important Issues for All' Dying Man 'Ecstatic' over Legal Victory

DYING MAN WINS HIS RIGHT TO LIFE		Ill man wins 'right to live'

I won my fight for life		Dying man ecstatic after winning control of treatment

Terminally ill Briton wins right to life		It seems like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders – says man who has won his right to live

Doctors must fulfil patient’s ‘dying wishes’		Dying man 'ecstatic' at victory

LCF and CMF welcome high court decision to back Leslie Burke case		(Subscription Required) The new line separating life and death

Right to life victory as High Court secures life-prolonging treatment		Life Prolonging Treatment

Man wins battle to keep receiving life support Doctors must always give patients best possible care Pro-choice living wills are essential		Burke v GMC: placing disabled at the heart of the decision process

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