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• Jack Kevorkian — at UCLA s Royce Hall, January 15, 2011. Born May 26, 1928(1928 05 26) Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. D …   Wikipedia

• Medical ethics — is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology …   Wikipedia

• Doctors' Trial — Not to be confused with Doctors plot. A sentence of death by hanging is pronounced by a U.S. War Crimes Tribunal upon Adolf Hitler s personal physician, 43 year old Karl Brandt. Brandt was also Reich Commissar for Health and Sanitation. The… …   Wikipedia

• David Vetter — Born September 21, 1971(1971 09 21) Houston, Texas, United States Died February 22, 1984(1984 02 22) (aged 12) United States Cause of death Complications from …   Wikipedia

• Nancy Cruzan — Nancy Beth Cruzan (July 20, 1957–December 26, 1990) was a figure in the right to die movement. After an automobile accident left her in a persistent vegetative state, her family petitioned in courts for three years, as far as the U.S. Supreme… …   Wikipedia

• Political hip hop — Stylistic origins Hip hop, protest songs Cultural origins 1980 s Derivative forms Conscious hip hop Other topics L …   Wikipedia

• Dax Cowart — (born Donald Cowart) is an attorney noted for the ethical issues raised by efforts to sustain his life against his wishes, following an accident in which Cowart suffered severe and disabling burns over most of his body. Cowart s case has become… …   Wikipedia

• Giovanni Nuvoli — (Alghero, December 15, 1953 Alghero, July 23, 2007) was an Italian former football referee who suffered of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis since 2001.[1] With the help of Associazione Luca Coscioni, he fought for his right to die but his attempted… …   Wikipedia

• Jesse Koochin — was a 6 year old boy from Utah who became the center of a legal battle between his parents, Steve and Gayle Koochin, and Primary Children s Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Jesse was diagnosed with an “inoperable and incurable” brain tumor in… …   Wikipedia

• Aruna Shanbaug case — Aruna Shanbaug (or Shanbhag) is a nurse from Haldipur, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka in India. In 1973, while working at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, she was sexually assaulted and has been in a vegetative state since the assault. On… …   Wikipedia