Izindaba
Judge nudges dormant euthanasia draft law
Chris Bateman
Abstract
A terminally ill Cape Town advocate who died of natural causes hours before a Gauteng High Court judge granted him the locally unprecedented right to end his life (or have a doctor help him end it) may have speeded up long-recommended progressive law more in line with provisions of the Constitution.
Author's affiliations
Chris Bateman, Health and medical Publishing Group, South Africa
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Keywords
Euthanasia; Assisted suicide; Terminal illness; Judge H J Fabricius; Robin Stransham-Ford
Article History
Date submitted: 2015-05-28
Date published: 2015-05-28
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