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Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug (1 June 1948 – 18 May 2015), was an Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending over 41 years in a vegetative state as a result of a sexual assault.
Parents wish to keep a child on life support. Spiro Nikolouzos case: United States Texas: 2005 A family wishes to keep life support for a man in a persistent vegetative state. David Vetter: United States Texas: 1984 A boy dies at age 12 after living a lifetime with highly unusual medical care in a sterile environment. Jahi McMath case: United ...
Quinlan's case continues to raise important questions in moral theology, bioethics, euthanasia, legal guardianship and civil rights. Her case has affected the practice of medicine and law around the world. A significant outcome of her case was the development of formal ethics committees in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. [1]
Note: This article has been updated to accurately reflect details of Pothoven's euthanasia request. A 17-year-old Dutch girl who sought euthanasia but was rejected by the government was allowed to ...
In Colombia, Martha Sepúlveda Campos will be the first person to die by euthanasia in the country without being terminally ill. She has ALS. This woman could have lived years with her terminal ...
Dr. John Ellis, a veterinarian from Winchester, UK, ended his life at the age of 35 by injecting himself with a medication used to euthanize pets Image credits: Getty Images / Unsplash
Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering, [1] while assisted suicide, also known as physician-assisted suicide, is suicide committed with the aid of a physician. Assisted suicide is often confused with euthanasia.
Brittany Lauren Maynard (November 19, 1984 – November 1, 2014) was an American activist with terminal cancer who decided that she would end her own life "when the time seemed right." She was an advocate for the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill. [4] [5]