Baharlo Behrad, Bryden Daniele, Brett Stephen J
Imperial School of Anaesthesia, London, UK.
2Critical Care Department, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
J Intensive Care Soc. 2018 Feb;19(1):35-42. doi: 10.1177/1751143717730677. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
The right to liberty and security of the person is protected by Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights which has been incorporated into the Human Rights Act 1998. The 2014 Supreme Court judgment in the case commonly known as provided for an 'acid test' to be employed in establishing a deprivation of liberty. This 'acid test' of 'continuous supervision and not free to leave' led to concerns that patients lacking capacity being treated on an Intensive Care Unit could be at risk of a 'deprivation of liberty', if this authority was applicable to this setting. This article revisits the aftermath of before describing the recent legal developments around deprivation of liberty pertaining to intensive care by summarising the recent judgments which appear for now to answer the question as to the applicability of in life-saving treatment.
《欧洲人权公约》第5条保护人身自由和安全权，该条已被纳入1998年《人权法案》。2014年最高法院在通常被称为 的案件中的判决规定了在确定是否存在自由剥夺时应采用的“严格检验标准”。这种“持续监管且不得离开”的“严格检验标准”引发了人们的担忧，即如果该判定适用于重症监护病房的情况，那么在重症监护病房接受治疗的无行为能力患者可能面临“自由被剥夺”的风险。本文在描述近期关于重症监护中自由剥夺的法律发展之前，先回顾了 的后续情况，总结了近期的 判决，这些判决目前似乎回答了 在挽救生命治疗中的适用性问题。
