Re herrington: Aboriginality and the quality of human rights jurisprudence in end-of-life decisions by the australian judiciary

Faunce, Thomas

Re herrington: Aboriginality and the quality of human rights jurisprudence in end-of-life decisions by the australian judiciary

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2007

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Faunce, Thomas

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The Law Book Company

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In Re Herrington [2007] VSC 151 (King's Case) the partner and family of an Aboriginal woman (diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state after an accident) sought an order from the Victorian Supreme Court that the decision of her treating doctors

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Keywords: Aborigine; article; Australia; female; human; legal aspect; passive euthanasia; persistent vegetative state; treatment withdrawal; Australia; Euthanasia, Passive; Female; Humans; Oceanic Ancestry Group; Persistent Vegetative State; Withholding Treatment

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