Freedom to Die
Nonfiction work
By: Ruth Olive Russell
Date: 1977
Source: Russell, Ruth Olive. Freedom to Die. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1977, 13, 15–17, 19–20, 33–34, 283.
About the Author: Ruth Olive Russell (1897–1979) was born in Ontario, Canada, and received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Waterloo in Canada. She worked in private practice in Canada and the United States, developing an interest in medical ethics.
Introduction
The tragedy of Karen Ann Quinlan focused attention during the 1970s on the questions of when life ends and who has the right to end life. On April 15, 1975, Quinlan slipped into a coma after consuming alcohol and tranquilizers. She stopped breathing, damaging her brain by depriving it of oxygen. Paramedics rushed her to Newton Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, where physicians feared the damage to her brain was...
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