Doctors of Defiance ; Muslim Medics Say They Will Refuse to Let Patients with 'Living Wills' Die

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MUSLIM doctors warned yesterday that they would rather go to jail than allow patients to die in accordance with 'living wills'.

The new Mental Capacity Act allows patients to write the wills, instructing doctors not to try to save them if they become incapacitated.

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Doctors of Defiance ; Muslim Medics Say They Will Refuse to Let Patients with 'Living Wills' Die

It also allows patients to give 'lasting powers of attorney' to a friend or relative who would be able to instruct doctors to starve to dea...

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