Legal Legacy
The case established that it was acceptable practice to prescribe ‘nursing care only’. It also confirmed the principle that “the administration of a drug by a doctor when it is necessary to relieve pain is a proper medical practice even when the doctor knows that the drugs will themselves cause the patient’s death”.
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