Life at all costs not absolute, holds Quebec Appeal Court in case involving boy in coma

By Luis Millán ( February 3, 2023, 9:39 AM EST) -- The principle of preserving life at all costs is not absolute when the conditions for maintaining life are unacceptable, ruled the Quebec Court of Appeal in a heartbreaking case that granted permission to a Montreal children’s hospital to permanently remove a breathing apparatus from a 5-year-old boy in coma in a decision that is in line with jurisprudence, according to health law experts....