Unbreakable Vows

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 165652

Neri:
. I suspect that a
> doctor would not be allowed to let a diabetes patient die by
> withholding insulin from him (even if that patient asks the doctor to
> do so) 

Pippin:
Not in Britain. In fact your hypothetical doctor might be charged with
assault if he  administered  treatment against the patient's will or
refused to discontinue it. 


http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/family_parent/health/
nhs_patients_rights.htm#Righttorefusetreatment

(You may have to cut and paste this link into your browser)

If it was some spell of Snape's keeping Dumbledore alive,
he might be not only within his rights to lift it if requested, but
obligated to do so. In which case Dumbledore might well have died
before the AK hit him. 

That's not my favorite solution because it leaves the blood
unexplained, but it could work if the blood's not important. 


Pippin