Queen’s University medical ethics expert Udo Schuklenk is available to talk about Monday’s Supreme Court of Canada case that will decide if doctors have the right to withdraw treatment from a patient in a persistent vegetative state – even if it goes against the wishes of the family.

Dr. Schuklenk is a philosophy professor and an expert in biotheics and public health ethics. He was the head of a Royal Society of Canada panel in 2011 that recommended Canada legalize assisted suicide, and is the co-editor of the journal Bioethics.

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