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Anthony David Bland (21 September 1970 – 3 March 1993) was a supporter of Liverpool injured in the Hillsborough disaster. He suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state as a consequence of which the hospital, with the support of his parents, applied for a court order allowing him to " die with dignity ".
Quinlan's case continues to raise important questions in moral theology, bioethics, euthanasia, legal guardianship and civil rights. Her case has affected the practice of medicine and law around the world. A significant outcome of her case was the development of formal ethics committees in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. [1]
Quinlan's father retained attorneys Paul W. Armstrong, a Morris County, New Jersey, Legal Aid attorney, and James M. Crowley, an associate at the New York City law firm of Shearman & Sterling with degrees in theology and Church law, and filed suit in the New Jersey Superior Court in Morris County, New Jersey, on September 12, 1975, [2] to be appointed as Quinlan's legal guardian so that he ...
All four assistants — Richardson, Lamont Evans, Tony Bland and Chuck Person — are Black. Black coaches were 'low-hanging fruit' in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled ...
Tony Bland: England Sheffield: 1993 Bland was the first patient in English legal history to be allowed to die by the courts through the withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment. Carol Carr: United States Georgia: 2002 A mother euthanizes her adult sons to relieve their suffering from Huntington's disease. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department ...
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Tony Bland's petition has received more than 1,500 signatures [Elliot Deady/BBC] Protesters gathered at an historic footbridge in Colchester and marched through the city centre to mark one year ...
The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a book that provides information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Written by the Australian doctor Philip Nitschke and lawyer Fiona Stewart, it was originally published in the U.S. in 2006. A German edition of the print book—Die Friedliche Pille—was published in 2011.