Doctors not liable for artificially delaying death, rules German court
By DW
03 April 2019 |
4:57 pm
Germany's highest criminal court has ruled that doctors do not have to pay damages for prolonging life by artificial means. A son had sued a doctor for keeping his father alive for years with a feeding tube.
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