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Essay Archive - Regulate and Reform Euthanasia
Regulate and Reform Euthanasia
One of the landmark cases that involve euthanasia is that of Karen
Ann Quinlan. Quinlan, a twenty-one year old New Jersey resident, overdosed
on pills and alcohol in 1975. She was rushed to the hospital where her
physical condition gradually deteriorated to a vegetative state. The
doctors determined she had no chance of recovery. Before the coma Karen
said that if anything ever happened that would leave her physically and
mentally incompetent, without any chance of recovery, she would not want to
be kept aliv....
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