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. 2025 Jun 17;26(4):491-495.
doi: 10.1177/17511437251346304. eCollection 2025 Nov.

Critical care and the law: Pertinent cases from 2023

Aaron D'Sa  1 , Robert Tobin  2 , Luigi Camporota  3 , Thearina de Beer  4 , Dan Harvey  5 , Richard Innes  6 , Prashanth Nandhabalan  7 , Victoria Metaxa  8
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Critical care and the law: Pertinent cases from 2023

Aaron D'Sa et al. J Intensive Care Soc. .

Abstract

This review by the Legal and Ethical Advisory Group (LEAG) summarizes the important legal cases and prevention of future deaths (PFDs) ruled or issued in 2023 that are pertinent to Intensive Care Medicine. The legal cases include human rights cases, clinical negligence and rulings of the court of protection. Not all of the cases relate to events which have occurred in intensive care, however the rulings will have a bearing on intensive care practice.

Keywords: Intensive care; coroner; human rights; law and ethics.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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