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Assisted suicide is often confused with euthanasia. In cases of euthanasia the physician administers the means of death, usually a lethal drug. In assisted suicide, it is required that the person voluntarily expresses their wish to die, and also makes a request for medication for the purpose of ending their life.
Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer.He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 284 victims over a period of roughly 30 years.
In his initial confession in 1998, Saldivar told police that he actively killed up to 50 patients and he contributed to the deaths of between 100 and 200 patients. [5] Saldivar later confessed to killing at least 60 patients by 1994, claiming that he "lost count" after that but continued killing for at least three more years. [6]
Donald Harvey was born in Hamilton, Ohio on April 15, 1952, [2] the oldest of three children born to Ray and Goldie Harvey. [3] He was raised in the tiny Appalachian town of Booneville, Kentucky, [2] [4] where his parents were struggling tobacco farmers and members of the local Baptist church. [5]
Only a handful of Dahmer's 17 victims between 1978-1991 were highlighted in the series, and fewer than that were given three-dimensional depictions of the lives they lived and the people they were ...
Grave-site of euthanasia children's victims from the Spiegelgrund clinic at Wien-Zentralfriedhof. The upper stone block reads (in German) "Never forgotten" and the lower stone block reads (in German) "In memory of the children and adolescents, who fell victim to NS euthanasia as "life unworthy of life" from 1940 to 1945 in the former children's hospital "Am Spiegelgrund".
A total of 32 bodies were exhumed in order to collect tissue samples. The presence of Pavulon was detected in the following seven victims: [7] [8] John Stanley Fisher, 75, of Amityville, died on September 8, 1987. Milton Poultney, 75, of Lindenhurst, died on September 16, 1987. Joseph Francis O'Neill, 79, of West Islip, died on September 21, 1987.
Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field, brought in dead (BID), or dead right there (DRT) are terms which indicate that a patient was found to be already clinically dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the form of first responders such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, or police.