Case Law

Doctors have the right to watch you die if you refuse treatment.

M.D.P.D.T. v. Okonkwo [2001] 7 NWLR (Pt. 711) 206, per Ayoola, JSC: “The patient is free to decide whether or not to submit to treatment recommended by the doctor. If the doctor making a balanced judgment that advises the patient to submit to the operation, the patient is entitled to reject the advice for reasons […]