1. W v. M (2011) EWHC 2443 (Fam).
2. A poll commissioned by the charity Compassion in Dying, reported in May 2011, found that 60% of adults would want only comfort care at the end of life but only 3% had made their treatment wishes known in an advance decision. In 2011, 22,490 health and welfare LPAs were registered with the Office of the Public Guardian (Information provided by the Office of the Public Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act 2000).
3. In the Matter of G (TJ) [2010] EWHC 3005 (COP) para 55, per Morgan J.
4. Substituted judgment in medical practice: evidentiary standards on a sliding scale;Tonelli;J Law Med Ethics,1997
5. Conroy, best interest, and the handling of dying patients.;Cantor;Rutgers L Rev,1985