Primum non nocere – first, do no harm. Such a simple medical principle in theory, such a complex one in practice. And made even more so with every medical advance that allows us to keep people alive for longer.
Best Interests is a four-part drama by award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne about a parent’s fight to stop the withdrawal of treatment from her daughter, who is comatose and brain damaged by the consequences of a rare form of muscular dystrophy – or, as the mother puts it, “Letting her die”.
