Re:Both in rich and poor countries, universal health care br...
by DanBC on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:31PM
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So, you might not know this but the doctors were not allowed to carry out their plan without a court order. The hospital needed to get the agreement of the court in order to turn off life support.
Contrast this with the US, where the hospital can announce the plan, and the parents have to sue to stop it happening.
That feels substantially worse.
Especially because in the UK the parents will have legal aid available to pay for their legal representation (Alfie's parents went through seven firms of solicitors) and because the child will have their own independent legal representation.
Contrast this with the US, where the hospital can announce the plan, and the parents have to sue to stop it happening.
That feels substantially worse.
Especially because in the UK the parents will have legal aid available to pay for their legal representation (Alfie's parents went through seven firms of solicitors) and because the child will have their own independent legal representation.