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05/08/2014

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Dax Cowart
Definition
badly burnt after gas explosion engulfed his car
was refused euthanasia through ten years of treatment
even though currently healthy (but blind and unable to use hands) still believes it was wrong to refuse him
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Dianne Pretty
Definition
motor Neurone disease
appealed un-successfully for euthanasia
finally appealled to European court of human rights who allowed her husband to help her die.
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Dr Jack Kevorkian
Definition
dr death
helped terminaly ill people to die
believed helping people was not enough and killed Thomas Youk
10-25 years in prison
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Dr Nigel Cox '92
Definition
onlt doctor in uk convicted of a mercy killing
injected 70yr old Lillian Boyes with lethal drug
charged with attempted murder
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Miss B '02
Definition
Paralysed from neck down
died in sleep after winning legal right to have treatment with drawn
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