In this short paper we risk out to demonstrate common region between Medical Ethics and Jurisprudence.

In this short paper we risk out to demonstrate common region between Medical Ethics and Jurisprudence. We delineate the drift of the debate entailing juristic and medical ethical issues in shock medicine. The article refers to joint legal and ethical issues pertaining to withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and advance directives. A tonic concern is that certain essential clinical prognostic questions require to be evaluated before any justifiable discussion about their ethical implications can spring The pre-eminence of the principle of autonomy in medical ethics and jurisprudence is emphasised from beginning to end the paper.

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