This is a very sad case and I am still not sure how to feel about this issue in terms of whether or not care should have been cut off. By all accounts the child had no real prospect for recovery and I am sure for any parent it would be an agonizing choice.
But in this case it was the government who decided to cut off care.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE52K0QS20090321
Just something worth tossing in to the national health care debate.