The family of Sudiksha Thirumalesh, speaking to media outside the Supreme Court in London. PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo November 21, 2024 How a court ruled that patients have a right to disbelieve doctors Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford; Bryanna Moore, University of Rochester, and Johnna Wellesley, The University of Texas Medical Branch Nineteen-year-old Sudiksha Thirumalesh became the focus of a legal dispute regarding her capacity to make decisions.