Is there a relationship between law and ethics?
Changes in technology, enabling the medical profession to prolong the life of a patient, reflect the need for the legal and ethical questions involved to be adequately addressed. The relationship that clearly exists between law and ethics is now being pressed by this new technology. Recent cases that have come before the courts indicate just how complex the issues are. They highlight the fact that there is a need for the establishment of suitable decision-making processes to deal with the issues and to provide for some certainty and consistency in approach.
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D014739:Victoria