But doctors in this case said they had no reservations about what they did.
The General Medical Council has suspended two doctors involved in the case.
So here we have a case of doctors using a drug because it works for reasons other than the way it was studied.
It is often argued that the distinction between curing and killing is blurred in any case: doctors frequently prescribe increasing doses of opiates which, as well as relieving pain, will advance the death of a patient.
Doctors were alerted to his case in 1995 when conducting a study into gastric problems associated with immunodeficiency.
Hours after Mr Bush signed the bill into law, a federal judge in Nebraska blocked it from applying to four doctors who had brought a case against it.
However, in what correspondents are calling a "landmark" judgment, the court also said some cases of euthanasia could be sanctioned if doctors were to file a case in court.
Some plastic surgery operations take so long to perform that there isn't enough time during the day, so sneaky junior doctors would slip in a case over the weekend that could be considered as urgent, but not really an emergency.
At the same time (as already evident under Medicare) the treatment of infrequent but costly catastrophic diseases and conditions will be limited in the name of cost control, and the case-by-case discretion of doctors and other providers will be closely monitored and restricted.
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The college said while causality was not proven, doctors had been told about the case.
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In court, Khayal testified that he wasn't the treating physician in the case and that other doctors had operated twice to save the man who died.
For doctors, it will be a case of managing another task and set of expectations, and raising awareness of the directive, in an already busy clinical setting.
If the person you love is in the hospital longer than a couple of weeks, at some point the doctors who are working on the case will rotate off.
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Some doctors paint a scary worst-case scenario: A flu pandemic breaks out and beats down the immune systems of millions of people, and then staphylococci--the hospital strain and the nastier variant in the community--run wild on a killing spree.
The Oxford case involves a dispute between doctors and the insurance company over payments.
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The case has highlighted the difficulties doctors face when trying to diagnose the level of consciousness of a patient in a coma-like state.
Doctors added more skin than needed in case of tissue rejection.
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Her husband took Jesse to the emergency room, and doctors determined that he had a classic case of mastoiditis: an infection of the mastoid bone, just behind the ear.
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"This is a case where 99% of doctors and patients would elect to be stented, " says James Stein, head of preventative cardiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison medical school.
The American Medical Association filed briefs in the Veeck case because it has codes that doctors must use under threat of criminal penalties to bill Medicare and Medicaid.
Although the body has no direct powers to punish doctors, hospital trusts and health authorities, it can refer doctors to the GMC if it thinks the case is bad enough to merit it.
Mr. HERNANDEZ: (Through translator) In my case, I need to see many doctors because my cancer is not cured.
In an initial trial run, involving just 56 telephone calls, the doctors agreed with the nurses' judgment in every case.
Doctors will try to replicate the success of her case and see if aggressive treatment right after birth can "cure, " or if this is an anomaly.
In Shanteau's case, it was discovered extremely early and doctors determined it was slow-moving.
The guidance stresses the need for doctors to consider the risk of child abuse in every case they see.
Terri Schiavo's case is a rare one, because though doctors say most of her brain is shut down, she can still breathe and move her eyes.
When these transitions occur, it is important that someone who has knowledge of the case be in the room when the new doctors make their first rounds.
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He was able -- with the help of doctors and biomedical engineers -- to make a compelling case that his Cheetah blades didn't give him any advantage on the field.
In this case, Atlanta-based National Service Industries sued doctors and testing services it says provided X-rays and other data lawyers used to support claims their clients had been injured by asbestos fibers.
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