Euthanasia lesson one - Millthorpe School York

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Voluntary Euthanasia euthanasia• The patient asks a doctor to endtheir life. This could be by givingsomeone an injection that ends theirlife.
Case study – Reg CrewCase study – Reg Crew• Suicide man's 'dignified' death• A terminally-ill man told a nurse "I want to die today" just before ending hislife at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Reg Crew, 74, who sufferedfrom motor neurone disease, died on Monday at a flat in Zurich.• He drank water laced with barbiturates under the supervision of Dignitas -an organisation which helps the terminally ill commit suicide.• Mr Crew said: "I'd never say I was tired of life, but I'm tired of the lifeI'm in and I know I am never going to be cured... so it's time to throw myhand in."I've had enough. I couldn't live another six or seven months like this."I'm gradually going out of my mind, because this is not living."• Mrs Crew said: "I'm glad for Reg's sake...it was what he wantedand he ended his life peacefully.”Do you agree with the decision that Reg Crewmade? Give a reason for your answer.
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