Law, Ethics and Compromise at the Limits of Life: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Richard Huxtable is Reader in Medical Ethics & Law and Deputy Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol. His many publications include Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law: From Conflict to Compromise (Routledge-Cavendish, 2007) and (with Dickenson & Parker) The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook (CUP, 2nd edn, 2010). A longstanding contributor to clinical ethics support, Richard is also a Trustee of the National Council for Palliative Care and chair of its Ethics Forum.