Withholding and withdrawing treatment in Canada: implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Rasouli case

Affiliations

• ¹ Divisions of Critical Care and Palliative Care (Downar), University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Ethics (Sibbald), London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.; John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and Deparment of Psychiatry (Bailey), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Departments of Critical Care and Anesthesia (Kavanagh), Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
• ² Divisions of Critical Care and Palliative Care (Downar), University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Ethics (Sibbald), London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.; John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and Deparment of Psychiatry (Bailey), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Departments of Critical Care and Anesthesia (Kavanagh), Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. brian.kavanagh@utoronto.ca.