Talk:Tony Bland

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I'm not sure if this person is notable enough to warrant his own page... _ℑilver§^ℑide 08:23, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

And there's so much on him I seriously doubt it should be still considered a stub. 141.157.111.10 21:23, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

95% of this article isn't about him it seems. I'm not sure what to do with this article. Metros232 22:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

It's an important legal ruling based on an exceptional case which is still referenced in the media today using his name ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6213546.stm ). Although it is less about his life than the legal wranglings around his death, those wranglings are important. However I cannot think of another way to wikify them, and as his name is still associated (as the above reference shows) I think his name should remain attached to this. Lone Architect 12:44 GMT, 6th December 2006

I think he probably is important enough to warrant his own page - he's used in medical curricula across the UK, for instance, as an example of the ethical dilemmas surrounding end-of-life care (e.g. is it possible a human being can have no best interest?) and is presumably also a feature of legal teaching.

On a related note, the references look pretty thorough to me - can anyone explain the "references" tag? Nmg20 19:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

not only is the case much discussed in medical, nursing and legal courses, in the UK and other English speaking countries, the subject still causes controversy, see Schiavo case. PVS is not 'exceptional' there have been many treatment withdrawal cases in UK and USA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musculusq (talk • contribs) 12:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)