Airedale NHS Trust v Bland

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation [1993] 1 All ER 821
[1993] 2 WLR 316
[1993] AC 789
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:date 1993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
gptkbp:involvedIn Anthony Bland
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Lord_Goff_of_Chieveley
gptkb:Lord_Keith_of_Kinkel
gptkb:Lord_Lowry
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Lord_Mustill
gptkb:Lord_Browne-Wilkinson
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:legalSubject euthanasia
medical law
withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Hillsborough_disaster
gptkbp:result Lawful to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from patient in persistent vegetative state
gptkbp:significance First case in English law to address withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lord_Browne-Wilkinson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7