Before any judge decides to sanction the withdrawal of treatment, a thorough behavioural assessment is ordered.

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That advice may result in advanced directives to authorize the withdrawal of life saving medical treatment.

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There are strong arguments against this sort of assisted suicide, whether it takes the form of the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment or of more active measures such as the administration of lethal injections.

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""The chest infection that caused his withdrawal from the Giro has responded to treatment and rest.

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