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The Independent UK
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Brian Farmer

Sick woman can refuse resuscitation if she has cardiac arrest – judge

PA Wire

A woman in her 50s who has mental and physical health problems can refuse to be resuscitated if she has a cardiac arrest, a judge has ruled.

Mr Justice Hayden had analysed the case at a recent hearing in London at the Court of Protection, where judges consider issues relating to people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions.

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