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What is competent professional practice - Sparks v Hobson; Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29
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Published in Health Law Bulletin June 2018 edition.
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END OF LIFE DECISIONS: H LIMITED v J [2010] SASC 176
DLA Piper Australia
On 19 January 2010, J wrote to H Limited, the Aged care facility where she resides, informing it of her decision to end her life by refusing food, water and insulin, upon which she is dependent. On 4 March she made an anticipatory directive that should she be in a terminal phase of a terminal illness or in a persistent vegetative state, H Ltd should only administer palliative care and provide neither hydration nor nutrition.