The death of the right-to-die campaigners (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
The death of the right-to-die campaigners (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
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死亡权利活动家的死亡（在 http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate 上回复这篇文章）
DOI：
10.1111/1467-8322.12110
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
1.3
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Richards N
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Richards N
The ‘right‐to‐die’ or assisted suicide debate in the UK has recently been dominated by high‐profile litigation which has brought to public attention stories of individual suffering. The most recent case is that of Tony Nicklinson who, as a result of his permanent and total paralysis which he said made his life ‘intolerable’, wanted the courts to allow a doctor to end his life. Only six days after a Judicial Review refused his request, Tony died of ‘natural’ causes. This article compares the presentation by the media of Tony's requested death with his actual death and discusses what this reveals more generally about the way in which the right‐to‐die debate is presented to the public. It argues that in a politicised debate in which the personal stories of the disabled‐dying are given airtime because of their didactic or symbolic potential, actual death becomes less important than the rights‐rhetoric surrounding death.
