A Pretty pass: when is there a right to die?
Dame Brenda Hale
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.3-2-142
Clin Med March 2003 Dame Brenda Hale
Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice, London
MA LLD(Hon)Abstract
This paper discusses the present extent and limits of a persons right to choose when and how to die, in the light of the contrasting decisions in the cases of Mrs Pretty (who was not allowed the choice) and Ms B (who was), and of the European Convention of Human Rights. It also discusses whether the Convention might eventually develop a right to self determination which would include such a right.
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A Pretty pass: when is there a right to die?
Dame Brenda Hale
Clinical Medicine Mar 2003, 3 (2) 142-148; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-2-142
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