http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ the rantings and musings of James Collett en-us Matthew1471's BlogX / BlogX.co.uk Content © 2005 - 2014 James Collett http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.blogrant.co.uk/RSS/Image.jpg http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ 100 100 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:13 UTC Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:06 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=26 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=26 Quote:-<br><br><div style="background:white; color:blue;">Ministers are considering plans to let adults appoint someone who could block life-sustaining treatment if they were too ill to do so themselves. <br>The Mental Capacity Act, which comes into force next year, gives people the chance to appoint someone who can instruct a doctor on their behalf. <br><br>Under plans to implement the act, they would need to indicate if this included powers to refuse life-sustaining care. <br><br><font color=red>But critics have said the proposals amount to "back-door euthanasia". </font><br></div>Read the full BBC story, "New powers over death considered", here:-<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4660984.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4660984.stm</a>... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=26">Read More (559 Characters)</a>