Decision in Rasouli - Ontario Doctors Must Use CCB

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released its opinion in Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center.

The appeals court has affirmed the March 2011 ruling of the Ontario Court of Justice.  That court held that Ontario providers must use the CCB to resolve intractable medical futility disputes.  Providers appealed that decision in hopes that they could unilaterally refuse inappropriate interventions without the consent of the patient, the surrogate, or through the CCB.