BORA End of Life Choices Bill section 7 report [pdf, 263 KB]
...enacted, therefore provides a ground, established by law, by which a person may be deprived of their life. 27 At [64]. For example, in Shortland v Northland Health Ltd [1998] 1 NZLR 433 the Court of Appeal held that the Northland Health Board could not be compelled to continue renal dialysis treatment, without which Mr Shortland would die, because the decision to discontinue dialysis was consistent with prevailing medical practices....