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life-support system
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life-support system
n.
1. Equipment that creates a viable environment under conditions otherwise incompatible with life.
2. Medical equipment that augments or substitutes for an essential bodily function, such as respiration or excretion, enabling a patient who otherwise might not survive to live.
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Summary: Baby RB's mother has told how she cuddled him with his father as they switched off his life support system.
Mother tells of last cuddle with Baby RB by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
A court last November approved their request for removal of a life support system, saying she had no chance of recovery and her wish to die could be inferred.
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A court last November approved their request for removal of a life support system, saying she had no chance of recovery and her wish to die could be inferred.
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