Rasouli v. Sunnybrook - Ontario Physicians Must Use CCB to Resolve Futility Disputes

A couple of weeks ago, the Ontario Court of Justice issued its opinion in Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences.  I posted a copy of the opinion here.  Some earlier Canadian cases (outside Ontario) held that physicians need not seek patient or surrogate consent to refuse life-sustaining treatment that they deem inappropriate.  The Ontario court rejected this proposition.  Instead, it ruled that Ontario physicians must use the CCB to resolve medical futility disputes.