Doctors treating Nelson Mandela said he was in a “permanent vegetative state” and advised his family to turn off life support a week ago, according to court documents obtained on Thursday. “He is in a ...

The South African government has dismissed media reports that said anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was in a permanent vegetative state with a life support machine keeping him alive in hospital.

Doctors treating former South African president Nelson Mandela have denied rumours that he is in a “permanent vegetative state”. Visitors including President Zuma and a close friend of the ailing ...

A document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: giving water and food is not a therapy, which in some cases can be suspended, but a natural means by which life is preserved. The issue ...

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce today its verdict on the recognition of a ’living will’ of persons suffering from chronic terminal diseases and likely to go into a permanent vegetative state ...